Question 1

When dogs were trained to lift their right or left legs in response to an auditory cue,the element that controlled the instrumental behavior was

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A)   the stimulus quality.
B)   the stimulus location.
C)   the reinforcer quality.
D)   the reinforcer location.

Question 2

Other students take advantage of the professor's absence to look on each others' papers.When the professor periodically returns,this behavior stops,only to start again when the professor leaves.This is an example of

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A)   overshadowing.
B)   a multiple schedule of reinforcement.
C)   stimulus generalization.
D)   the peak-shift effect.

Question 3

What is the configural-cue approach? How does it differ from other approaches to the study of stimulus control?

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Question 4

Which of the following phenomena demonstrates that the greatest level of instrumental performance may occur in response to a novel stimulus?

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A)   the blocking effect
B)   overshadowing
C)   peak-shift
D)   equivalence training

Question 5

A colorblind dog is trained to press a lever in the presence of a 590 nm wavelength colored light.The stimulus generalization gradient when the dog is tested in the presence of other colors will

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A)   be flat.
B)   rise steeply just before the 590 nm mark, then drop shortly after.
C)   gradually rise and fall, with a peak at 590 nm.
D)   rise to a high at 590 nm and remain there.

Question 6

Which of the following is a true statement about stimulus control?

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A)   Stimulus control frequently occurs without stimulus discrimination.
B)   Stimulus control cannot occur without stimulus discrimination.
C)   Stimulus control of behavior is constant across a species.
D)   None of the above

Question 7

When the S+ and S- differ only in terms of one stimulus feature,the training procedure is called

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A)   intradimensional discrimination.
B)   interdimensional discrimination.
C)   extradimensional discrimination.
D)   hypodimensional discrimination.

Question 8

Describe a way to determine if an animal is demonstrating stimulus discrimination.

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Question 9

The fact that you are less likely to cheer in class than at a football game is an indication that

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A)   the peak-shift phenomenon occurs in humans as well as animals.
B)   contextual cues can be involved in discrimination training.
C)   blocking effects occur across contexts.
D)   you are stuck with a boring professor.

Question 10

Dogs are trained with a red-light S+ and a yellow-light S- in context 1.Then,in context 2,the same dogs receive training with a yellow-light S+ and a red-light S-.Assuming they receive the same number of reinforcers in each context during training,what will be the role of the contexts in the subsequent test trials in each context?

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A)   The contexts will be associated with different S+/S- contingencies.
B)   The contexts will not appear to control behavior because the reinforcers delivered in each context were the same.
C)   Context 1 will cause a peak shift of the performance in context 2 because excitatory training occurred there first.
D)   Context 2 will cause a peak shift of the performance in context 1 because of recency effects.

Question 11

Assume you would like your therapeutic treatments to generalize to outside settings.Which of the following would you not do?

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A)   Conduct sessions in your office so the client comes to associate the cues of the office with preparing for treatment.
B)   Use numerous exemplars during training.
C)   Make the treatment procedure indiscriminable or incidental to other activities.
D)   Make the treatment situation as similar as possible to the natural environment of the client.

Question 12

Which of the following is not true of a modulator?

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A)   A modulator signals a CS-US relationship.
B)   When a modulator is presented alone, the facilitory properties gradually extinguish.
C)   A stimulus can be a modulator without itself eliciting visible conditioned responding.
D)   The effects of a modulator can transfer to new target CSs.

Question 13

According to Spence's theory,the peak shift phenomenon occurs because

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A)   the excitatory generalization gradient shifts away from the S-.
B)   the excitatory generalization gradient shifts towards the S-.
C)   the excitatory and inhibitory generalization gradients summate.
D)   the inhibitory generalization gradient shifts towards the S+.

Question 14

Modulator effects require that an organism treat the stimulus compound as independent cues.To ensure that this occurs,researchers present the stimuli one after another in what is called a

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A)   blocking compound.
B)   serial compound.
C)   discriminated compound.
D)   facilitated compound.

Question 15

In the presence of a tone/light cue,pigeons were trained to press a foot treadle to gain access to food or to avoid footshock.Subsequent investigations determined that responding in appetitive situations is more likely to be controlled by visual cues; responding in aversive situations by auditory cues.This demonstrates that

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A)   the type of instrumental response required is a determinant of stimulus control.
B)   the sensory capacity of an organism is a determinant of stimulus control.
C)   the type of reinforcement is a determinant of stimulus control.
D)   the determinants of stimulus control are idiosyncratic.

Question 16

When pigeons are trained to earn access to food in the presence of a combined light/tone stimulus,the _____ is most likely to control the instrumental behavior.

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A)   light
B)   tone
C)   combined light/tone stimulus
D)   Stimulus control is likely to vary widely across individuals.

Question 17

In driving school,you are reinforced for driving into an intersection when the light is green,but not reinforced when the light is red.This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)   a stimulus discrimination procedure.
B)   a stimulus generalization procedure.
C)   the peak-shift phenomenon.
D)   the configural-cue approach.

Exam 8: Stimulus Control of Behavior

What is the configural-cue approach? How does it differ from other approaches to the study of stimulus control?

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Other students take advantage of the professor's absence to look on each others' papers.When the professor periodically returns,this behavior stops,only to start again when the professor leaves.This is an example of

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Which of the following is a true statement about stimulus control?

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Assume you would like your therapeutic treatments to generalize to outside settings.Which of the following would you not do?

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In driving school,you are reinforced for driving into an intersection when the light is green,but not reinforced when the light is red.This is an example of

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When dogs were trained to lift their right or left legs in response to an auditory cue,the element that controlled the instrumental behavior was

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Modulator effects require that an organism treat the stimulus compound as independent cues.To ensure that this occurs,researchers present the stimuli one after another in what is called a

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According to Spence's theory,the peak shift phenomenon occurs because

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A colorblind dog is trained to press a lever in the presence of a 590 nm wavelength colored light.The stimulus generalization gradient when the dog is tested in the presence of other colors will

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Describe a way to determine if an animal is demonstrating stimulus discrimination.

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Which of the following phenomena demonstrates that the greatest level of instrumental performance may occur in response to a novel stimulus?

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When the S+ and S- differ only in terms of one stimulus feature,the training procedure is called

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Which of the following is not true of a modulator?

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When pigeons are trained to earn access to food in the presence of a combined light/tone stimulus,the _____ is most likely to control the instrumental behavior.

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