Exam 4: Learning and Human Nurture

After Little Albert acquired a conditioned fear of rats, Watson wanted to see how he would react to a white rabbit, cotton wool, and a Santa Claus mask. He was studying whether or not ________ had occurred.

Jane's dog will listen to her commands but ignores her sister's commands. Jane's dog would be demonstrating

A(n) ________ refers to the behavior elicited by the unconditioned stimulus.

The idea that we can learn from seeing the actions of others is known as

Describe the three forms of cognitive learning. Explain the differences between each of these forms and tell which scientist is credited with their "discovery."

Learning to make a reflex response to a stimulus other than to the original, natural stimulus is called

When a stimulus is removed from a person or animal resulting in a decrease in the probability of response, it is known as

Miranda notices that her cat salivates as soon as her cat hears the sound of the electric can opener. In this example, the sound of the can opener is the

________ are observable behaviors that have an effect on the environment.

A reinforcer is a consequence that ________ a behavior, while a punisher is a consequence that ________ a behavior.

Which of the following statements is true about operant conditioning?

Fred is afraid of spiders. He won't even watch a nature show on TV about them. When he sees a picture of a spider, he has a panic attack, but when he avoids looking at the image, his panic goes away. Fred's avoidance of spiders is being

Which of the following statements about learning is NOT true?

Which schedule of reinforcement tends to get the highest response rate?

Wolfgang Köhler suggested that chimps

Negative reinforcement involves

________ punishment involves the ________ of an aversive stimulus.

An unconditioned stimulus is any stimulus that

What would you predict about Little Albert based on the principle of spontaneous recovery?

The situation in which a CS is presented alone (no UCS) is termed __________ .