Exam 5: Learning

Raj's father told him he would not be able to use the car for three weeks because Raj brought home a poor report card. In terms of operant conditioning, the specific technique Raj's father is employing is _____ punishment.

In a token economy, when the tokens stop coming, the reinforced behaviors usually _____

The current view of why classical conditioning works the way it does, advanced by Rescorla and others, adds the concept of _____ to conditioning theory.

Wong is a 5-year-old boy who lives at home with his mom and dad. He has witnessed several incidents of domestic violence between them and has started hitting other kids at school. Based on the information presented, which theory of learning best accounts for Wong's aggressive behavior?

You spend days wandering aimlessly around a park with many paths that end at different parts of the park. One day when you arrive at the park, you get a call on your cell phone from a cousin whom you haven't seen in years, and she says she is waiting for you in a particular section of the park. Even though the paths are complicated and twisted, you manage to find the shortest route to your cousin. Tolman would explain your efficient passage through the park as an example of _____

_____ was the psychologist who contends that we learn by watching and imitating others; he demonstrated this by his landmark research involving Bobo dolls.

Video games can currently be used to _____

Which of the following is an example of negative reinforcement?

Taste aversion is an example of _____

Why do drug counselors strongly encourage those recovering from addictions to avoid the people and places from their past drug-using days?

In operant conditioning, _____ is associated with a voluntary response.

A puff of air in the eye naturally causes an eye blink response. The puff of air is the _____ and the eye blink is the _____

Rescorla's modern concept of classical conditioning is based on the idea that _____

Watson's experiment with Little Albert demonstrated that fears might be _____

When a bad thing (aversive stimulus)is applied to a person or animal and decreases the probability of a particular behavior, it is known as _____

Benson, a black lab, had learned to associate two stimuli with getting taken for a walk, his owner getting out his leash, and his owner getting out a belt. Every time his owner picked up his belt, Benson would jump around and get excited. His owner wanted Benson to stop that so he repeatedly took out his belt without taking Benson for a walk, and always took him for a walk when getting out his leash. He was teaching Benson to _____

The _____ occurs when an individual engages in a behavior he/she has previously suppressed, solely because someone else is engaging in the behavior without any adverse consequences.

A teacher gives her class at least one unannounced quiz every week. The students never know which day it will fall on. The teacher is attempting to influence their study habits by using a _____

Skinner found that a pigeon reinforced for pecking at a yellow disk is likely to peck at another disk similar in color. This is an example of _____

A girl learns that whenever her brother shares his cookie with her, her mother gives him a piece of candy. The girl starts sharing her treats with her friends when they come over in the hopes of getting a similar reward. The girl's learning to share is an example of _____