Exam 7: Learning-Part A

The Rescorla-Wagner model predicts that conditioning will be easier when the:

Sam gets a free pretzel using his Pretzel Smorgasbord card with every 10th pretzel he buys.This arrangement is an example of which type of reinforcement schedule?

Playing the hot-or-cold game,where you direct someone to move around the room toward a goal known only to you by telling the person whether he or she is getting warmer or cooler,is an example of which behavioral process?

_____ in an experiment were reinforced if they selected paintings by cubist artist Picasso over paintings by French impressionist Monet.Subsequently,they demonstrated _____ and selected paintings from another cubist artist,Matisse,over other paintings by Monet.

Extinction in operant conditioning involves:

Every time Kasey,the dog,whines,her owners give her a doggie treat.As a result of her clueless owners,Kasey is a very whiney dog,illustrating the effects of _____ conditioning.

Research has demonstrated observational learning in:

Behavior is under _____ control when a particular response only occurs in a certain context.

Markus moved into an apartment on a busy city intersection.Initially,the noise from the traffic kept him awake.After living in his apartment for a few weeks,however,the noise no longer bothered him and he slept throughout the night.This example demonstrates the behavioral process of:

Suppose that a hungry pigeon B watches pigeon A step on a bar to earn food dispensed through a feeder.Pigeon A previously had been shaped to bar press for food.What is the BEST hypothesis of pigeon B's behavior when it is subsequently placed in the operant chamber?

What was the CR in the Little Albert study?

Positive punishers _____ and negative reinforcers _____ the future probability of the behavior that led to these respective consequences.

Tolman's views on learning differed from those of Skinner in that Tolman believed:

When the Brelands tried to teach raccoons to drop a coin into a box by using food reinforcement for doing so,the raccoons:

Most people have little difficulty spotting grammatical errors but cannot articulate which rules of English grammar were violated.Knowing that a sentence is grammatically wrong but being unable to say why illustrates:

Secondary reinforcers derive their effectiveness from their associations with primary reinforcers through:

Which factor is NOT part of Skinner's three-term contingency?

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 CS?

A CS paired with shock in a rat will NOT cause:

On which task might we expect the MOST individual differences?