PSY 331 - 2/19 - Exam 1 review

What timing schedule was used for the 1st video?

• Short-delay

• Simultaneous

• Backward

• Long-delay

• Trace

What timing schedule was used for the 2nd video?

• Short-delay

• Simultaneous

• Backward

• Long-delay

• Trace

What timing schedule was used for the 3rd video?

• Short-delay

• Simultaneous

• Backward

• Long-delay

• Trace

What timing schedule was used for the 4th video?

• Short-delay

• Simultaneous

• Backward

• Long-delay

• Trace

What timing schedule was used for the 5th video?

• Short-delay

• Simultaneous

• Backward

• Long-delay

• Trace

Which of the following would behaviorists be LEAST likely to focus on?

• smiling

• thinking

• eating

• fighting

A neuron’s transmitter is released from its

• cell body

• axon terminals

• dendrites

• nucleus

A fixed-action pattern:

• will stop immediately if the behavior is not appropriate for the situation

• is a sequence of behaviors that occur in a rigid order

• is a pattern of behavior that is learned from watching other animals

• will allow an animal to get closer to their goal

In eyeblink conditioning, a tone is paired with a puff of air to the eye, which causes the animal to blink. In this example, the puff of air is the ________.

• CS

• US

• UR

• NS

In comparison to a quieter noise, a loud noise will be ________ to habituate to.

• harder

• easier

• about equally as difficult

• easier, unless the response is an innate behavior