Exam 5: Learning

The 5-year-old of two very busy parents has been throwing tantrums.Whenever the child goes off the deep end,one or both of his parents immediately come to his side and fuss over and cajole him.Nevertheless,his tantrums do not diminish;they even seem to increase.We may assume that his parents' fussing over him serves as a _______.

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 _______.

Scott works at a job where he is paid a salary every 2 weeks.Scott is being reinforced on a _______ schedule.

Your professor has informed you at the beginning of the term that you will have eight tests--but they will all be unannounced.This is most similar to a _______ reinforcement schedule.

Bobby and Sue were parked at Lover's Lane.When Bobby kissed Sue,his breathing accelerated.Sue always wore Chanel #5 when she went out with Bobby.Bobby's faster breathing rate when he smells Chanel #5 is the:

Nagging someone to do something until they do it is an example of __________.

Insight is a concept associated with ________ learning theory.

Learning that occurs but is not immediately reflected in a behavior change is called __________.

Which of the following statements about positive reinforcers is accurate?

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

If a dog salivates when it sees a green light or a yellow light,it is exhibiting ________.

A woodchuck tries to crack a walnut shell in two different ways--with his paws and with his teeth.The last method worked and the first did not;hence,the woodchuck will be more likely to rely on his teeth for splitting the next nut.This observation illustrates the:

Analogy: Negative reinforcement is to punishment as _______ is to _______.

A reinforcer that removes something unpleasant from a situation is called a ________ reinforcer.

If Billy was praised every 4th time he collected rocks without throwing them,his behavior would be on which schedule of reinforcement?

Changing behavior through the reinforcement of partial responses is called _______.

Most young children put their hands over their ears when they hear the loud boom of firecrackers at a Fourth of July festival,but at first pay just scant attention to the person lighting the firecrackers.However,after just a few firecrackers have been exploded,some of the children put their hands over their ears as soon as they see the person approach the firecracker with a match! What is the unconditioned stimulus?

When the removal of an event increases the likelihood of a prior response,_______ has occurred.

Which of the following statements about classical conditioning is true?

Stimulus discrimination: