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According to frustration theory, the partial reinforcement extinction effect is due to


A) not immediately noticing when reinforcers are omitted.
B) learning to respond in the face of no expected reinforcement.
C) the aggression that accompanies the onset of extinction.
D) a subject's memories of whether or not it was rewarded for performing the instrumental response in the recent past.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

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The results from experiments exploring compounding extinction cues suggest that extinction may operate in part by


A) causing enhanced forgetting.
B) an error-correction process like that found in the Rescorla-Wagner model.
C) a block of spontaneous recovery.
D) impeding the development of resurgence.

E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

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Sally put her money in the soda machine but nothing came out. To her brother's surprise, she gave the machine a powerful kick. You realize she was demonstrating


A) an extinction burst.
B) frustrative aggression.
C) the partial reinforcement extinction effect.
D) differential reinforcement of a low rate.

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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Which of the following associations is most likely impacted by extinction training?


A) S-O
B) R-O
C) S-S
D) S-R

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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The theory that assumes that during intermittent reinforcement training, the memory of nonreward becomes a cue for performing the instrumental response is


A) the discrimination hypothesis.
B) sequential theory.
C) modern two-process theory.
D) frustration theory.

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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Describe the various ways in which control of behavior by contextual cues is relevant to the behavioral effects of extinction.

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A pigeon has been trained to peck a key for food reinforcement on a continuous schedule of reinforcement. If the pigeon is allowed to peck the key but food is no longer provided, what will happen?


A) The pigeon will begin to vary its responses.
B) The pigeon will learn that pecking does not lead to food.
C) The pigeon will learn that the key and food are no longer associated.
D) The pigeon will steadily increase its conditioned response rate.

E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

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Compare extinction to forgetting. What procedures characterize each?

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Excitatory conditioning is to _____ as extinction is to _____.


A) S-R; S-S
B) S-S; S-R
C) R-O; S-S
D) S-S; S-O

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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Evidence that protein synthesis is crucial for memory formation and consolidation is seen in


A) studies in which protein synthesis inhibitors administered before training block the acquisition of conditioned fear.
B) experiments in which extinction is blocked by protein synthesis inhibitors.
C) studies in which memories have been recalled and "erased" during reconsolidation by protein synthesis inhibitors.
D) all of the above

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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The effect of compounding two extinction stimuli is to


A) deepen the extinction of the two cues.
B) impede extinction learning about the two cues.
C) cause resurgence effects.
D) none of the above

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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According to frustration theory,


A) continuous reinforcement trains an animal to be persistent in the absence of reinforcement.
B) partial reinforcement teaches an animal the difference between rewarded and nonrewarded trials.
C) there is nothing about continuous reinforcement that teaches an animal to respond when it expects nonreward.
D) memory of nonreward becomes the cue for performing the instrumental response.

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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Compare three mechanisms of PREE. What evidence supports, or refutes, each mechanism?

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What are the two major behavioral effects of conducting an extinction procedure? Provide an example from everyday life to illustrate these effects.

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Resurgence of an extinguished response occurs when


A) time simply passes.
B) other responses are also extinguished.
C) subjects are inadvertently exposed to the training US.
D) subjects are exposed to the training contexts.

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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Which theory predicts that during a FR15 schedule an animal will be in conflict about whether or not to respond, but that with training the conflict will be resolved in favor of responding?


A) frustration theory
B) discrimination hypothesis
C) sequential theory
D) modern two-process theory

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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According to the discrimination hypothesis, the partial reinforcement extinction effect is due to


A) the extinction burst that occurs at the beginning of extinction trials.
B) learning to respond in the face of expected nonreward.
C) a subject's memories of whether or not it was rewarded for performing the instrumental response in the recent past.
D) a subject's decreased ability to notice when extinction procedures begin.

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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Spontaneous recovery following extinction of a classically conditioned response


A) typically restores responding to pre-extinction levels.
B) typically leads to incomplete recovery of responding.
C) demonstrates that CS-US relationships are disrupted due to extinction.
D) demonstrates that subjects unlearn only excitatory associations.

E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

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Describe the various conditions under which extinguished responding can reappear.

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People stop putting money into soda machines after one or two non-reinforced trials, but will put money into slot machines over and over without any payoff. A likely explanation is


A) the extinction burst.
B) the partial reinforcement extinction effect.
C) the partial reinforcement burst.
D) frustrative aggression.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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