Exam 5: C: Learning

The process of learning to respond only to a single specific object or event is called _________ .

Cognitive learning involves:

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

A person is conditioned to fear white rats.Soon after,she also begins to fear white cats,white dogs,and white rabbits.Her new,unconditioned fears result from _______.

A procedure used to teach a whole behavior by first training its parts is called:

Learning that is not manifested until some later time is called _________.

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 __________.

We associate the name of ___________ most closely with classical conditioning.

Operant conditioning assumes that:

According to the law of effect,a behavior is MOST likely to be stamped in,or repeated,when it is __________ .

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 presentation of the meat was the _______.

A kind of therapy closely related to classical conditioning is known as __________ therapy.

Instinctive or involuntary behavior would probably be BEST modified by ___________ .

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 ________.

Rachel has found that when she opens up the cupboard door to get the cat food,the cats come running to the kitchen.Rachel knows that this is classical conditioning,that the unconditioned stimulus is the __________ and that the conditioned stimulus is the ___________.

Electric shock,scoldings,and bad grades are:

Classical is to _____ as operant is to _____.

We associate the name of _______ most closely with classical conditioning.

Which of the following is a primary reinforcer?

One of the best known examples of classical conditioning in humans was the Little Albert study,conducted by _______.