Suppose you work at a nice restaurant downtown. You work hard, bus tables quickly, and refill the customers' drinks when the other wait staff are busy. You do more than your fair share of work with a smile. However, your boss gives a customer service award to a lazy waiter who doesn't work as hard as you do. Although this colleague contributes very little to the restaurant, his father used to be on the local football team and the boss is very interested in this fact. This example is most similar to the process of
A) blocking.
B) higher-order conditioning.
C) latent inhibition.
D) sensory preconditioning.
Question 2Sol was given a prize at school one day. Although the prize was given by both the teacher (whom he knew well) and the principal (whom he didn't know), Sol repeatedly thanked only the teacher. This is an example of
A) latent inhibition.
B) blocking.
C) higher-order conditioning.
D) sensory preconditioning.
Question 3Both blocking and overshadowing demonstrate that
A) contiguity is the critical factor in conditioning.
B) mere contingency between a neutral stimulus and a US is insufficient for conditioning to occur.
C) mere contiguity between a neutral stimulus and a US is insufficient for conditioning to occur.
D) Both a and b are correct.
Question 4In blocking, a compound stimulus consisting of _____ is paired with a US.
A) an NS and a CS
B) two NSs
C) two CSs
D) a higher-order CS and a lower-order CS
Question 5The phenomenon of _____ indicates that, in some circumstances, mere contiguity between a neutral stimulus and a US is insufficient for conditioning to occur.
A) blocking
B) overshadowing
C) higher-order conditioning
D) Both a and b are correct.
Question 6In blocking, the presence of a(n) _____ interferes with conditioning of a new CS.
A) salient stimulus
B) familiar stimulus
C) established CS
D) US
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