_______is a response pattern in reaction to a stimulus in the environment.

Related Mcqs:

1. Which THREE of the following are true regarding habituation and dishabituation?
   1:Habituation involves a gradual reduction in the magnitude of the response to repeated presentation of the response of a stimulus
   2:In dishabituation, the response returns when a salient extraneous stimulus is presented just before a trial with the habituated stimulus
   3:Habituation is caused by sensory-motor fatigue
   4:Habituation occurs as a consequence of the repeated presentation of a single event

   A. 1,2 & 3
   B. 2,3 & 4
   C. 1,2 & 4
   D. 4

2. As one moves from external stimulus to moto response, which of the following constitutes an accurate sequential pattern?

   A. afferent nerve, efferent nerve, neural modulator
   B. efferent nerve, interneuron, afferent nerve
   C. afferent nerve, interneuron, efferent nerve
   D. efferent nerve, afferent nerve, neural modulator

3. _______is the term that refers to a decreased volume of blood circulation, and it leads to the behavioural response of_______.

   A. Cellular dehydration; thirst
   B. Hypovolemia; drinking
   C. Cellular dehydration; drinking
   D. Hypovolemia; eating

4. When Pavlov repeatedly presented the conditioned stimulus without pairing it with the unconditioned stimulus, the conditioned response failed to occur. This is known as __________________?

   A. condition failure
   B. recovery
   C. extinction
   D. habituation

5. In which form of conditioning is the conditioned stimulus (CS) presented after the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) _______________?

   A. higher order conditioning
   B. forward conditioning
   C. backward conditioning
   D. second order conditioning

6. The ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and similar stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus is called __________________?

   A. shaping
   B. acquisition
   C. discrimination
   D. generalization

7. Rahila found that a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus only if it is contingent and:

   A. Inclusive
   B. Dominant
   C. Informative
   D. Appropriate

8. The presentation of an aversive stimulus of the removal of a positive stimulus are both examples of:

   A. negative reinforcement
   B. punishment
   C. positive reinforcement
   D. secondary reinforcement

9. The idea that the amount of change in a stimulus necessary to produce a JND is a constant proportion of the stimulus intensity is called:

   A. James law
   B. The all-or-none principle
   C. The law of diminishing returns
   D. Weber’s law

10. The connection between stimulus and response depends on:

    A. The pleasure or discomfort an individual experiences
    B. The discomfort an individual faces
    C. The pleasure or discomfort an individual experiences
    D. None of the above