Exam 5: C: Learning

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 now cries when she sees any dog,big or small,brown or black,etc.This illustrates which of the following?

A positive reinforcer is a stimulus that is ________ and thus ________ the probability of a response.

In the experiment with Little Albert,the unconditioned response was _______.

On a fixed-interval schedule,reinforcement is given for the __________.

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

Any event whose presence decreases the likelihood that ongoing behavior will recur is __________.

A key to social learning theory is ____________ .

Repeatedly presenting a CS by itself will result in ________.