Quiz 5: Conditioning & Learning; Memory

Fear conditioning can play a role in creating __________ in humans. A. anxiety disorders B. depressive disorders C. personality disorders D. learning disabilities

A. anxiety disorders

Memory that is not embedded in a context is called: A. semantic memory B. implicit memory C. episodic memory D. information memory

A. semantic memory

During the lecture Wayne is busy texting on his cell phone, while kind of half paying attention to what the professor is saying. A few minutes after making a point the professor gives an pop quiz on the material. Wayne can't retrieve the information the prof gave in the lecture and does poorly on the test. A likely factor in Wayne's not being able to retrieve the information is: A. context dependent memory B. state dependent memory C. encoding elaboration D. encoding failure

D. encoding failure

Ronaldo's dog, Mickey, used to be classically conditioned to bark every time he heard the doorbell because he knew people would be arriving and he wanted to say hello. While Mickey's owner did a good job of extinguishing Mickey's association of these stimuli, a doorbell can still sometimes evoke some responding again of Mickey barking. It is likely that Mikey is showing what aspect of conditioning? A. obedience B. elimination C. renewal effect D. spontaneous recovery

D. spontaneous recovery

Simon's rabbit gets a treat every night. The treats come in a plastic bag that makes a crinkling sound. When the rabbit hears the bag he runs to the door of his cage to await the treat. One night Simon when Simon is eating chips the rabbit hears the sound of the bag and runs to his cage door. The sound of the bag is the: A. conditioned stimulus B. unconditioned stimulus C. conditioned response D. unconditioned response

A. conditioned stimulus

In Pavlov's experiments, what type of stimulus was the bell, generally? A. discriminative. B. conditioned. C. unconditioned. D. neutral.

B. conditioned.

In classical conditioning the unconditioned response is: A. the response triggered by the conditioning B. the biological response triggered by the unconditioned stimulus C. the response triggered by the conditioned stimulus D. the response given by the subject outside of the stimulus

B. the biological response triggered by the unconditioned stimulus

Levi met a cute girl on the street. The girl gave Levi her number and Levi is trying to remember the digits until he can write it down when he finds a paper and pencil. Levi is using what type of memory to remember the girl's phone number? A. semantic memory B. working memory C. episodic memory D. collective memory

B. working memory

Marcela can clearly remember the moment she learned about the events of Sept. 11, 2001. She vividly recalls when her teacher walked in and turned on the news - the face of the firefighter she saw is permanently etched in her brain. She remembers who was sitting next to her and what she was wearing. This scenario describes what phenomenon? A. proactive interference B. retroactive interference C. misinformation effect D. flashbulb memory

D. flashbulb memory

When Carla was a child, she ate too much cotton candy at the fair and got very sick. For many years she avoided cotton candy and even the smell of it made her feel sick. This example demonstrates: A. operant conditioning B. incremental learning C. stimulus generalization D. taste aversion

D. taste aversion