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Learning: Principles and Applications, 4/e
Stephen B Klein, Mississippi State University

Biological Influences On Learning

True or False



1

Pavlov believed that any stimulus could serve as an effective CS.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
2

According to Timberlake's behavior systems approach, learning serves to modify existing innate behavior systems.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
3

The behavior systems position assumes that learning is consistent across species.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
4

According to the appetitive structure view, animal misbehavior is a result of both Pavlovian and instrumental/operant conditioning.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
5

Excessive consumption of alcohol by some may be a result of working on interval schedules.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
6

It is relatively easy to train rats to avoid a flavor paired with shock.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
7

Food aversions are not found in humans.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
8

Flavor aversions can develop even when 24 hours elapse between the flavor exposure and illness.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
9

Lorenz once received an earful of worm pulp from an amorous jackdaw.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
10

Imprinting is a purely instinctive phenomenon.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
11

Harlow once constructed a surrogate primate mother that "spat" brass tacks at the clinging infant.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
12

It is easy to train animals to emit a behavior other than an SSDR to avoid an aversive event.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
13

Training a bird to fly away in order to avoid a shock is easily accomplished.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
14

Rats find stimulation of the MFB more reinforcing than food.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
15

The neurotransmitter glycine has been implicated in biological reinforcement systems.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE