1. What is sensitization to a stimulus? (Be sure in your definition it is clear how sensitization is different from habituation or other types of learning.)
2. When a mouse is administered the drug lithium chloride (LiCl) it is lethargic and appears to be ill. In an experiment a psychologist allows the mouse to drink a unique flavor (Grape Kool Aid) and then the mouse is injected with LiCl. Later, when the mouse is given the Grape Kool Aid, it is lethargic and appears to be ill. If classical conditioning is responsible for this behavior, what is the unconditioned stimulus (US)?
3. In the previous example with a mouse administered LiCl, what is the conditioned response (CR)? (Be sure in your response it is clear how the CR is different from the unconditioned response.)
4. In the previous example with a mouse administered LiCl, give an example of generalization to the conditioned stimulus.
5. In the previous example with a mouse administered LiCl, give an example of discrimination of the conditioned stimulus.
6. What is second-order conditioning?
7. A graduate student is training a monkey in an operant box. The graduate student can control if the monkey receives a tasty banana or a painful shock, based on the monkey's responding on a lever. Explain how the student would train the monkey on negative reinforcement? (In your response be sure it is clear how your explanation with negative reinforcement is different from other types of learning.)
8. What is a schema?
9. What is an orienting response?
10. According to the research of Shepard Siegel, discussed in class and in the textbook, how might classical conditioning contribute to drug overdose?
11. What is Thorndike's law of effect?
12. What are the differences between an algorithm and a heuristic?
13. If an intelligence test is administered to a large group of people and standardized, what is the mean intelligence quotient (IQ)?
14. What is the Flynn effect?
15. What is emotional intelligence?
16. What is Spearman's g?
17. What is the availability heuristic?
18. Give an example of responding on a variable ratio schedule. (In your response be sure it is clear how a VR schedule is different from the other schedules.)
19. According to the video on the Memory Olympics viewed in lecture, what are the keys to a good memory?
20. What is chunking?
21. How might you use context-dependent learning to improve your performance on a class exam?
22. What are the three components (or boxes) of the Atkinson and Shiffrin model of memory?
23. What are the three components of the Information Processing model of memory?
24. What is latent learning?
25. A graduate student is training a monkey in an operant box. The graduate student can control if the monkey receives a tasty banana or a painful shock, based on the monkey's responding on a lever. Explain how the student would train the monkey on positive punishment? (In your response be sure it is clear how your explanation with positive punishment is different from other types of learning.)