Exam 5: C: Learning

Peggy wanted to teach her dog how to roll over.She tried giving him instructions,but it didn't work.She tried waiting for him to roll over so she could reinforce the behavior,but she had to go to bed before the dog rolled.Finally,she began reinforcing the dog when it made behaviors that more closely resembled rolling over.At last,using _______,she was able to teach the dog to do the trick.

B.F.Skinner is known for his theory of:

The person associated with the law of effect is _______.

A reinforcer that removes something unpleasant from a situation is a __________.

Which of the following is an example of learning?

Thorndike conducted research on:

Negative reinforcement is best thought of as:

What must be paired together for classical conditioning to occur?

Thorndike is to _______ as Skinner is to _______.

When Luke kissed Laura,her heart rate increased.Luke always wore Old Spice After Shave.Whenever Laura smelled Old Spice,her heart raced.Luke's kiss was the:

The opposite of stimulus generalization is:

Your professor has informed you at the beginning of the term that you will have eight tests--but they will all be unannounced.This is most similar to a _______ reinforcement schedule.

In the classic study of fear conditioning in a human infant (the "Albert" experiment),what was the UCS?

The Law of Effect was proposed by:

Which of the following is an example of a primary reinforcer?

An infant who is fed every four hours is on a schedule that is SIMILAR to which of the following?

In classical conditioning,the interstimulus interval refers to the amount of time between ________.

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:

Which of the following statements about learning is TRUE?

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