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Pysc final

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When a stimulus that is similar to the conditioned stimulus evokes the conditioned response, we say that:
generalization
Short-term memory is believed to have a capacity of:
7-9
Long-term is believed to be able to hold:
infinte
In the initial experiments on classical conditioning, the food or meat was the:
UCS
A rat is reinforced for every fifth lever press. This is an example of a:
fixed ratio
According to Thorndike, when an animal is confronted with a problem their initial behavior is:
random
The recovery of a response after habituation is called:
dishabituation
Which of the following is NOT a component of working memory?:
semantic
How a question is framed when interviewing a witness can change the memories of the witness in subsequent questioning. This phenomenon is called:
misinformation effect
In Pavlov's famous experiments with dogs, the unconditioned stimulus was the:
food
In Siegel's work on drug tolerance, the morphine injection was considered the:
UCS
A rat is reinforced for a lever press every five minutes. This is an example of a:
fixed interval
In the initial experiments on classical conditioning, the bell was the:
CS
Which of the following researchers discovered "classical conditioning"?
Pavlov
The memory strategy in which you weave the to-be-remembered items in with prior knowledge is called:
elaborative rehersal
according to Aristotle, which of the following is NOT important for association:
caustation
General world knowledge of facts, names, and information is called:
semantic
A decrease in a reflexive response over repeated exposures is called:
habitutation
While walking along the street in New York city, a taxi honking its horn initially makes you jump. After spending a few hours hearing honking cars, you find you barely notice it. This is an example of:
habitiution
According to Thorndike, organisms learn to behave in ways that:
produced good outcomes
The sensory register:
has a very large capactity
According to spreading activation theory:
all
In Siegel's work on drug tolerance, the environmental context was considered the:
CS
According to the "law of contiguity":
associations are formed among conditions that are closely related in tim
Learning can be defined as:
a relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience
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