Exam 7: Learning and Bahaviour Analysis

A procedure used to teach a whole behaviour by first training its parts is called:

An animal is placed in a box with a bar and also a wire floor that can deliver a mild shock.The experimenter first sounds a buzzer,then a few seconds later turns on the shock.Pressing the bar after the buzzer sounds but before the shock is delivered will prevent the shock from occurring.This is an example of __________ .

When Casey opens the closet door to get some dog food,her dog salivates.What is the conditioned stimulus in this example?

Anything that increases the likelihood that a behaviour will increase is called a(n)_______.

Thorndike conducted research on:

By pairing the ringing of a bell with the presentation of meat,Pavlov trained dogs to salivate to the sound of a bell even when no meat was presented.In this experiment,the ringing of the bell was the _______.

A person who receives a monthly salary is on a:

Learning is a process by which experience results in:

Of the following phenomena,which one best explains the spreading of phobias to objects similar to the one to which the phobia was originally acquired?

Which of the following statements is true?

Some of the simplest and most basic learning,which involves the acquisition of fairly specific patterns of behaviours in the presence of well-defined stimuli,is:

Which of the following statements about learning is TRUE?

Which schedule of reinforcement is programmed into slot machines?

A camp leader repeatedly hugs a camper after she helps her friend.Each time,the camper is embarrassed and shies away from future acts of assistance.In the example,"hugging the camper" is _______.

A reinforcer that adds something rewarding to a situation is called a(n)__________ reinforcer.

Reinforcing behaviours that more closely resemble a final,terminal behaviour is called:

A child who calls all four-legged animals "dogs" is exhibiting _________.

Which of the following statements about classical conditioning is true?

The learning process studied in the Skinner box is known as:

By pairing the ringing of a bell with the presentation of meat,Pavlov trained dogs to salivate to the sound of a bell even when no meat was presented.In this experiment,the ringing of the bell was the __________.