Exam 5: Learning

Which of the following is a secondary reinforcer?

Corky's mouth waters when he sees Ball Park Franks,but not when he sees other brands of franks.This response is known as:

In Bandura's classic (1965)study of children exposed to a film of an adult hitting a Bobo doll,__________ .

As she walked through her neighborhood,Jodie,a 6 year old girl,frequently saw a large brown dog.She repeatedly walked to the dog to pet it,but as her hand approached the animal,it barked and bit her.The bite was painful and caused her to cry.Now Jodie cries when she sees dogs of any color or size.Jodie's crying when she sees dogs is the:

Spontaneous recovery:

Being able to solve new problems faster because of previous experience with similar problems is called ________.

When Luke kissed Laura,her heart rate increases.Luke always wore Old Spice After Shave.Whenever Laura smelled Old Spice thereafter,her heart raced.Old Spice After Shave was the:

Which schedule of reinforcement is programmed into slot machines?

Which of the following is NOT a negative reinforcer?

What is the typical dependent variable used in studies of the operant conditioning of lever pressing in rats?

When Ivan Pavlov presented meat powder,the dog salivated.The meat powder was the ________ and salivation was the ________.

Which of the following is a secondary reinforcer?

Thorndike conducted research on:

Learning is a process by which experience results in:

A positive reinforcer is a stimulus that is ________ and thus ________ the probability of a response.

A pigeon learns to peck only at a red disk.It will not peck at an identical disk of any other color.This illustrates the concept of ___________.

A key to social learning theory is ____________ .

John's heart has been conditioned to beat rapidly whenever he smells Windsong perfume on a woman.However,John's heart also races when he smells Chanel #5 and other perfumes.This illustrates:

Peggy wanted to teach her dog how to roll over.She tried giving him instructions,but it didn't work.She tried waiting for him to roll over so she could reinforce the behavior,but she had to go to bed before the dog rolled.Finally,she began reinforcing the dog when it made behaviors that more closely resembled rolling over.At last,using _______,she was able to teach the dog to do the trick.

Elizabeth was given a $1000 raise after her last performance evaluation.Her raise is a: