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An increase in a response due to repeated exposures is called ______.

Having seven drinks of alcohol would cause you to ______.

When a stimulus is first presented without an unconditioned stimulus, subsequent conditioning is impaired when that same stimulus is presented with the UCs. This is called ______.

Which of the following events indicates that learning is taking place in classical conditioning?  

Wagner and Brandon contend there are two distinct unconditioned response sequences. These include ______.

When an animal is exposed to brief shock, initial reaction is hyperactivity followed by hypoactivity. If the CS is paired with the shock, the result is the ______.

Conditioned inhibition is specific to a particular response, and it acts to reduce the excitatory strength of that habit. However, if there is a failure of that response to reduce habit strength, what will the drive state do?

Susan was a saleswoman who flies frequently on an airplane usually in turbulent conditions. As they were flying over the Atlantic Ocean, the seat belt sign was suddenly turned on and a little bell rang. As a consequence, Susan’s reaction will be ______.

According to the text, a major difficulty with Guthrie’s theory of learning is his assumption that ______.

All responses create some type of initial reaction. This reaction is called ______.