Exam 6: Learning

After Pavlov's dogs became conditioned to salivate at the sound of the metronome,he experimented with sounding the metronome but not presenting the meat powder to the dogs.Soon they stopped salivating to the sound of the metronome.This represents the process called _____.

Omar and Patrick sell magazine subscriptions by telephone.Omar is paid $1.00 for every 5 calls he makes,while Patrick is paid $1.00 for every subscription he sells.Omar is paid on a _____ _____ schedule while Patrick is paid on a _____schedule.

Which of the following represents the findings of David Premack?

According to _____ theory,learning is controlled by the consequences of an organism's behavior.

The tendency for animals to return to innate behaviors following repeated reinforcement is called

Whenever five-year-old Claire goes to the dentist,she becomes anxious and cries.Since she was not afraid of the dentist on her first visit,her fear was a learned behavior.The UCS in this case was probably

You wake up at three o'clock in the morning,craving a glass of water.You get out of bed and walk to the kitchen but you do not turn on the light.Your ability to successfully navigate her house in the dark is due to the presence of

Which of the following is reflective of Seligman's research on conditioned taste aversion?

A small chamber used in operant conditioning of animals that limits the available responses and,thus,increases the likelihood that the desired response will occur,is called a(n)_____ box.

The kind of learning that applies to voluntary behavior is called _____.