Exam 7: Learning-Part A

A toddler has learned that the jack-in-the-box won't operate unless she turns the hand crank around exactly 10 times.The toddler's behavior is being reinforced under which type of reinforcement schedule?

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

When a neutral stimulus evokes a response after being paired with a stimulus that naturally evokes a response,the result is an example of which phenomenon?

Research on reward prediction errors suggests that dopamine is involved in the _____ of a reward.

Lots of cash in hand always makes Charlie's heart race with excitement,due to the phenomenon known as:

Any stimulus or event that decreases the probability of the behavior that led to it is termed a(n):

Students who rely on _____ as a study technique are MOST likely to _____ how much they have actually learned.

Not providing a reinforcer every time a response occurs:

Who conducted the "Little Albert" study on conditioned fear?

Kylie recently moved into an apartment with a new roommate who watches cable news seemingly all day and all night.The television is always on and always turned to the news.At first,Kylie found the television distracting,but after a few weeks,she barely even notices that the TV is on.This example demonstrates the behavioral process of:

The idea that behaviors followed by a "satisfying state of affairs" tend to be repeated and those that produce an "unpleasant state of affairs" are less likely to be repeated is known as:

A mental representation of the physical features of the environment is called a:

Which factor is causally related to deciding how much time to devote to studying?

Which structure is NOT involved in the reward center of the brain?

Participants who are studied under a serial reaction time test are shown five boxes on a computer screen.When a box lights up,they are to click it as quickly as possible.The boxes seemingly light up at random,but a pattern exists.Over time,participants respond more _____ on this task _____ of the pattern.

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

A reflexive reaction that is reliably elicited by an unconditioned stimulus is called a(n)_____ response.

In second-order conditioning,the CS is paired with a:

In a series of studies by Delgado and colleagues (2005),participants chose between receiving 1 dollar or giving their partner 3 dollars.If given money,the partners could choose to split it with the participants or keep it.Prior to the study,participants read descriptions of their partners that described them as either trustworthy or untrustworthy.Delgado and colleagues found that participants based their decision to give money to their partners largely on:

Tolman trained rats to run down a straightaway and subsequently make several turns until finally reaching a goal box baited with food.After the rats learned this task,the maze was altered.The main straightaway was blocked.However,there were many alternate paths radiating in all directions from the start box.The goal box remained in the same location relative to the start box,and one of the alternate paths led directly to it.Tolman found that rats: