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In the first phase of an experiment, food is given to a dog and it salivates. In the second phase, a light is turned on, the food is given, and the dog salivates. After several pairings, every time the light is turned on, the dog salivates. After continual pairings with the light, the salivation begins to decrease. This is called ______.

I have a job where I must wake up at 5 a.m. Monday through Friday to get the work. Due to Temporal Conditioning, on Saturday and Sunday, at what time do I get up?

According to Sheffield, the presentation of food itself is arousing and this subsequently motivates approach behavior, while the food alone motivates eating. This interpretation of reward explains ______.

One area not predicted well by the Rescorla–Wagner model includes ______.

When animals are exposed to brief shock, their initial reaction is hyperactivity followed by hypoactivity. If a conditioned stimulus is paired with the shock, the results will be ______.

During the past 3 months, you have had several bouts of the flu. Recently, you went to a restaurant where you consumed a new food you had never tasted before. That evening you became sick. However, you do not associate eating this new food with being sick. This is called ______.

A child throws a tantrum and their parents place the child in the corner for 5 min. As a result the tantrum behavior decreases. This is called ______.

Generally anticipatory goal responses impact ______ which then motivates behavior.

The stronger the stimuli are, the more ______ you will experience.

According to Spence, ______ is responsible for motivating behaviors that approach reward.