Exam 10: Averse Control

Compare and contrast discriminated and free-operant avoidance procedures.

Keith's father is pleased to note that Keith no longer spends his afternoons breaking windows.According to his father, this change in behavior is due to Keith's fear of punishment, but Keith says that he no longer breaks windows because he likes working on cars and no longer has time to find windows to break.Keith's attitude reflects the assumptions of

What type of learning has been demonstrated in neurons of the spinal cord?

Criminal Bob just spent 5 months in jail for robbing a store.Criminal Sally spent 1 week in jail for the same crime. The next time they were caught, each was sentenced to 3 months in jail.This second sentence is most likely to suppress the later criminal behavior of

Which theory suggests that the stimuli accompanying avoidance responses provide positive reinforcement for avoidance behavior?

Twenty dogs are initially presented with numerous CS-tone/US-footshock pairings.These dogs are then placed in a shuttle box, and movement from one side of the shuttle to the other terminates periodic presentations of the CS tone.No shocks are delivered in the shuttle box.This is an example of

Which theory assumes that the selection among possible defensive avoidance responses is greatly influenced by different levels of perceived danger?

How is avoidance responding related to conditioned fear and the expectation of aversive stimulation?

In a discriminated avoidance procedure, the CS is

Bobby wears red socks to every exam because he says that wearing them gives him the feeling that he will not fail, as the first time he wore red socks he did not fail a difficult exam.The report of his behavior supports

Your friend checks her shoes before riding on the escalator, to make sure they are tied and will not get caught between the moving steps.You recognize her behavior as which of the following?

Compare avoidance and escape trials.Provide an example of each from common human experience.

Your new client has a fear of exams and to avoid them has been skipping class altogether.What can you do to eliminate this disruptive avoidance behavior?

Due to its reliance on cognitive mechanisms, which of the following theories of avoidance is most successfully applied to human behavior?

The difference between an escape trial and an avoidance trial is that

Your friend tells you that she studies to avoid getting bad grades.Her explanation of the behavior is most like

Which theory views the avoidance of shock as critical to the reinforcement of avoidance behavior?

Suppose you want an organism to learn to make avoidance responses in a free-operant avoidance procedure.To aid in training, you should provide

During avoidance training, subjects are also given periodic conditioned suppression tests with the shock-avoidance CS.With extended avoidance training, response suppression

Which theory can best account for the finding that certain responses are more easily conditioned in avoidance training procedures?