The term _____ refers to the reappearance of a conditioned response to a conditioned stimulus following a rest period after extinction.
A) spontaneous reacquisition
B) reacquisition
C) spontaneous recovery
D) disinhibition
Question 2Toward the end of a day in which she wrote several exams in a row, Susan felt none of the anxiety that she typically feels during exams. According to the process of _____, she might still feel some degree of anxiety at the start of another test the following week.
A) external inhibition
B) dishabituation
C) spontaneous recovery
D) disinhibition
Question 3When one attempts to conduct further conditioning trials after a CR has been extinguished, it will be found that the CR
A) is usually difficult to reacquire.
B) is impossible to reacquire.
C) can be reacquired only if the intensity of the US is increased.
D) can be reacquired quite rapidly.
Question 4Which of the following is true of a phobia once it has been extinguished?
A) It is relatively easy to reacquire.
B) It is relatively difficult to reacquire.
C) Other phobias will easily extinguish.
D) Both b and c are correct.
Question 5Once the CS or NS is again paired with the US, a response that has been extinguished
A) often becomes transformed into a fixed action pattern.
B) becomes a flexion response.
C) can be reacquired quite rapidly.
D) cannot be reacquired.
Question 6The weakening of a CS that has been repeatedly presented in the absence of the US is known as the process of
A) inhibition.
B) disinhibition.
C) suppression.
D) extinction.
Question 7You repeatedly pair a tone with food until a dog salivates to the sound of the tone. You then present the tone several times without the food until the dog no longer salivates when he hears it. Presenting the tone several times without food is an example of
A) extinction.
B) dishabituation.
C) habituation.
D) sensitization.
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