Exam 6: Learning

_____ refers to the initial stage of learning something.

_____ conditioning is a form of learning in which responses come to be controlled by their consequences.

Primary reinforcers are effective because ​

When personal likes and dislikes are acquired through processes of classical conditioning, the learning is referred to as ​

In order to weaken or eliminate a conditioned response, you would present ​

As a young child, when you first realized that you could use money to buy candy and soda, money became an effective _____ reinforcer.

If you perform a behavior designed to prevent an unpleasant event from happening, your behavior is classified as  a(n) _____ response.

A political candidate uses a negative campaign commercial in which the candidate's opponent is shown alongside a negative image of an angry mob. The intent of the commercial is to cause voters to ​

In classical conditioning, an unconditioned stimulus is a(n)

Mary takes a course in which she is tested every two weeks. Her studying falls off right after a test, followed by a gradual increase to a rapid rate of studying as the next test approaches. Her studying conforms to the typical pattern of responding maintained on _____ schedules.

When Luis was a child, he really liked the smell of the rose-scented perfume his mother used to wear. He came to associate that scent with snuggles and hugs from his mom. As an adult, Luis likes any floral scent, including the smell of lilacs and wildflowers. This example illustrates the classical conditioning process of ​

According to Rescorla, the single best way to ensure a strong CR is to arrange that the CS ​

Classical conditioning could account for how a child learns to ​

Species-specific predispositions to be conditioned in certain ways and not in other ways is known as ​

Assuming the reinforcer is the sound of the rattle, a baby's response of shaking a rattle is reinforced according to which of the following types of schedule?

Bart used to go to his health club every day after work because he almost always saw Abigail there. For two full weeks, Abigail wasn't at the club when Bart went there for his workout, and now Bart has stopped going to his health club. This example illustrates the operant conditioning process of

A rat learns to press a bar to turn off an electric shock. This is an example of ​

Clearly differentiate between reinforcement and punishment. ​

You are watching a pigeon pecking a disk in a small chamber. A cumulative recorder is connected to the disk. While you are watching, the pigeon is pecking at a slow, steady rate. Based on this information, you can predict that the line on the cumulative recorder will have a _____ slope.

The basic principles of gradual acquisition, extinction, stimulus generalization, and discrimination apply ​