Phoebe has taught her cat Sonia to rollover in order to obtain a piece of cat food. One morning after feeding. Phoebe tries to get Sonia to roll over but Sonja refuses to comply. Which of Thorndike’s laws best explains this failure?

According to the Rescorla–Wagner model, why does blocking occur?

A dog is given some food and salivates. After the dog salivates at a high steady rate a bell is rung, the food is given and the dog salivates. After a period of time the dog salivates to the bell. Then, when the bell is rung but no food is given, the animal’s salvation level decreases. This is called ______.

Suzanne cannot study in her room due to all the noise in the next door apartment. To resolve this problem, she goes to a different location where she starts studying with small amounts of noise. Over time she goes to additional locations where the noise is louder and louder. Finally, she is able to study in her room when there is lots of noise in the next door apartment. Suzanne is using the ______.

Tolman uses the term ______ to indicate that objects acquire reward value through the learning process.

Black, white; hot, cold; fever, chills. Each of these pairings are examples of which concept?

Watson and Raynor conducted the little Albert experiment to determine whether ______.  

Voeks conducted a study in which the conditioning of a human eyeblink response occurred in a single trial. This result favors ______ theory.

Which of the following best illustrates Pavlov’s concept of generalization?  

When I opened the refrigerator to get some food, my dog Jasmine would come to the kitchen and I would give her a snack. After a while, every time I opened the refrigerator Jasmine would run to the kitchen. In this example, opening the refrigerator is an example of ______.