Exam 5: Learning

Which of the following is not one of the four factors identified in the text that influences classical conditioning?

Agricultural workers who are paid according to the number of bushels of corn picked are on which reinforcement schedule?

How can we give attention to a child who is misbehaving and not reinforce her negative behaviour?

Reinforcing successive approximations of the desired response is called

A pigeon is left overnight in a Skinner Box. The mechanism is set to give out a food pellet every five minutes, no matter what the animal does. In the morning the researcher finds the pigeon tucking its head under its wing and moving in a counter-clockwise circle. What has most likely happened?

What are the steps of a classical conditioning session?

Based on the description in the text, any event that results in a response by an organism, even the passage of time, could be a stimulus.

Describe the basic classical conditioning model and use a personal example to show that you understand the following concepts: unconditioned stimulus, unconditioned response, conditioned stimulus, conditioned response, acquisition, extinction, and spontaneous recovery.

The strength or speed of conditioning does not appear to be influenced by the level of motivation of the learner.

Which of the following is an example of a primary reinforcer?

Reinforcing children or students for activities they already enjoy often results in an increase in the preferred behaviour, even after the reinforcement is withdrawn.

In Watson and Rayner's study with "Little Albert," what was the conditioned response?

Andrea's mother always puts special napkins on the table when she serves fried chicken, Andrea's favourite food. Now Andrea begins to salivate as soon as she sees the special napkins on the table. The unconditioned stimulus in this situation is

Rudy is playing with a white rat when a loud noise suddenly startles him and he begins to cry. He is later given a white rabbit to play with and he begins to cry again. His reaction to the white rabbit illustrates

Continuous reinforcement is to ________, as partial reinforcement is to ________.

When Betty has had a difficult day, she becomes very grumpy and is often critical of her husband Bill. Bill will often begin doing household projects like yard work during these times. Bill has exhibited

What are some disadvantages of punishment?

In the psychology of learning, any event or object in the environment to which an organism responds is called

A stimulus that signals whether a certain response or behaviour is likely to be followed by reward or punishment is called a

In extinction, the conditioned response is completely forgotten, as if it had been erased.