Exam 5: Consciousness

Which learning theorist is correctly matched with his concept?

A rat in a Skinner box is trained to press a bar for food pellets. The rat is then placed on a partial reinforcement schedule, receiving pellets every 5 minutes. This is a _____ schedule of reinforcement.

Learning results in permanent changes to behavior or thinking.

Classical conditioning involves the conditioning of the involuntary responses of the autonomic nervous system. Classical conditioning therefore targets:

Which of the following reinforcers is NOT correctly categorized?

About 65% of American parents use corporal punishment to modify the behavior of young children.

Behavior is increased by:

Cognitive learning applies to:

Vending machine is to ____ reinforcement as slot machine is to _____ reinforcement.

Reinforcement is more effective than punishment at changing behavior.

Reinforcers that satisfy a biological need are called _____ reinforcers.

In a fixed-interval schedule, reinforcement is delivered after a set time period.

Social learning is a synonym for:

Paychecks and course grades are delivered on a _____ schedule of reinforcement.

Watson and Raynor (1925) found that Little Albert's conditioned fear was elicited not only by a rat but also by a number of similar objects. Little Albert's behavior illustrates stimulus:

In a Skinner box, a rat escapes painful electric shock by pressing a lever. The rat's bar-pressing behavior is maintained by:

In classical conditioning, the neutral stimulus is paired with the unconditioned stimulus during the _____ phase.

In _____ reinforcement, every instance of a behavior is reinforced.

Although I won the Nobel Prize in 1904 for my research in physiology, I am BEST known for my pioneering work in the psychology of learning. I am:

Perhaps the MOST influential early research on operant conditioning was conducted by: