A pigeon is confronted with two disks, one green, the other red. The bird receives food on a VI 20" schedule when it pecks the green disk, and on a VI 10" schedule when it pecks the red one. You predict that the bird will peck _________
a. one disk about as often as at the other
b. the green disk almost exclusively
c. the green disk about twice as often as the red disk
d. the red disk about twice as often as the green disk
D
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Forming a connection between the stimulus of a dog growling at you and the response of fear would be a type of __________learning
a. insight b. associative c. vicarious d. cognitive
The reinstatement of the intensity, frequency, or duration of a response to a stimulus that has changed is called
a. habituation. c. negative reinforcement. b. dishabituation. d. positive reinforcement.
With respect to the term consciousness, the textbook makes the point that the concept of consciousness
a. is typically defined in terms of specific physiological processes that are occurring in the brain. b. refers to the contents of consciousness, not a general state of mind. c. refers to a general state of mind, not the contents of consciousness. d. can refer to a general state of mind or to its specific contents.
Conditioning is usually most effective in a ________ paradigm, while conditioning is very poor with a ________ paradigm
a. delay; trace b. trace; delay c. backward; delay d. delay; backward