Exam 7: Learning-Part A

_____ conducted the Bobo doll study of observational learning.

What was the UR in the Little Albert study?

In Pavlov's experiments on second-order conditioning,dogs were conditioned to salivate at the sight of a black square by:

Which technique is LEAST effective for learning school-related material?

A type of learning in which the consequences of an organism's behavior determine whether or not it will be repeated is called _____ conditioning.

In an experiment studying classical conditioning,a tone sounds and 0.5 seconds later a puff of air is delivered to a participant's eye.The participant blinks.This process is repeated once per minute.After a number of trials,the participant blinks as soon as the tone sounds and before the puff of air is actually delivered.Within the context of this example,what is the UR?

Sarah wants to learn French to prepare for an upcoming Paris vacation.She buys an English-to-French dictionary and begins memorizing words.This BEST illustrates:

Johnny hated going to the doctor because he always received vaccinations.When he entered the doctor's office,he would become anxious and his stomach would hurt.When Johnny reached the age of 8,he was finished with his immunizations.After many trips to the doctor's office with no injections,what should happen with Johnny's anxiety and stomachache?

When something desirable has been removed upon the occurrence of a behavior,and as a result that behavior is weakened,_____ has happened.

Holly's blender makes a noise similar to the can opener,but her cat doesn't get up from the sofa when it hears it.This demonstrates:

The phase of classical conditioning in which the CS and the US are presented together is called:

In Pavlov's research,what was the CR?

Which item is a primary reinforcer?

Amelia is studying for her upcoming mathematics exam by mixing problem types during the same study session.For example,she might do a few route calculations,followed by a proof,followed by a few word problems.This form of studying is termed:

A doctor gives a patient in chronic pain a morphine pump to operate.The doctor tells the patient to press the button whenever she is in pain.The button press will result in a morphine injection,but only if it has been at least 1 hour since the last injection.The morphine pump is operating according to a _____ schedule of reinforcement.

In Thorndike's research involving cats in puzzle boxes,when did the puzzle box open,allowing the cat freedom and food?

Distributed practice is better than massed practice is for:

A parent spanked a child for misbehaving,and the misbehavior stopped.By definition,the spanking served as a _____ for the misbehavior.

When 3-year-old Ariel threw a tantrum over the candy she wanted,her mother gave it to her so that Ariel would calm down.Although counterproductive in the long run,in that moment,the mother's behavior was being _____ by _____.

Your friend's mother was always baking ginger-flavored cookies whenever you were at their house.You loved those cookies,and would eat several each time you visited.One day,you noticed that you started to salivate as you walked up the front steps to the house,before you smelled the cookies.The reason for this is that the house has become a(n):