Exam 5: Learning

Peter's fear of the white rat transferred to the rabbit, fur coat, and cotton. What process did this demonstrate?

A puff of air on the surface of your eye will make you blink reflexively. If you hear a buzzer repeatedly just before air is puffed into your eye, eventually you will blink as soon as you hear the buzzer. In this example, the unconditioned stimulus is the

Which of the following refers to the learned aspect from an example of classical conditioning?

Taking aspirin to terminate a headache leads to

What did the observational learning psychologists add to Skinner's learning theory?

Five-year-old Andre was bitten by his neighbour's collie. He won't go near that dog but seems to have no fear of other dogs, even other collies. Which process accounts for his behaviour?

The gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is presented repeatedly without the unconditioned stimulus is called

In the psychology of learning, reinforcers will always

A system of behaviour change that reinforces desirable behaviour with coupons that can be exchanged at a later time for goods or privileges is known as

"Time out" is a technique in which a child who is misbehaving is removed from sources of positive reinforcement for a short period of time.

What are four factors that influence classical conditioning?

Primary reinforcers differ from secondary reinforcers in that

When a neutral stimulus is paired with an existing conditioned stimulus and thus gains the power to elicit the conditioned response,

Josie grew up in an abusive home with a very domineering father who punished her severely whenever she tried to argue with him. As an adult in a relationship, she finds it impossible to disagree with her partner. She may be experiencing

In an early study of aggression, Albert Bandura found that young children later modelled aggressive behaviour if they had been exposed to

Negative reinforcement

How does the Little Albert study help our understanding of the origins of fear?

Which of the following would not help a person acquire an operantly conditioned response more quickly?

What are the four major schedules of reinforcement, and which schedule yields the highest response rate and the greatest resistance to extinction? Why is this the case?

How does operant conditioning explain the learning of new behaviours?