Exam 6: D: Learning

Regarding the two-process theory (containing aspects of both operant and classical conditioning),which is true?

Extinction occurs when the __________ no longer produces the __________.

You and your friends are watching the FIFA World Cup games on television,and one of the players gets badly injured.Each of you winces in pain almost as if you could feel or imagine the injury and joke that you would never try that manoeuvre on the sports field.Researchers have argued that __________ are responsible for this type of observational learning.

Which of the following events most intrigued Pavlov and led to his discoveries?

Kelsey just told her family a really funny joke that she made up herself.In order to use a primary reinforcer to encourage her in her joke-telling,Kelsey's dad might

Which of the following is true concerning Tolman and Honzlik's classic study of latent learning?

According to the theory of classical conditioning,the unconditioned stimulus is

Learning is said to be a relatively permanent change in behaviour because

Which of the following describes the situation of chaining?

The case of learning in the absence of reinforcement is demonstrated by studies of

According to the principle of __________,if we want an animal to maintain a trick for a long time,we should only reinforce it for correct responses every once in a while.

Which of the following methods would likely be effective in eliminating a child's phobia of dentists?

Which of the following is an example of negative reinforcement?

John has to give his cat Garfield a pill every day.He always opens up the pill bottle (which makes a popping sound)and removes one pill before giving it to Garfield,and he follows this by giving him a treat as a reward.After a while,John notices that when he opens up the pill bottle,Garfield comes running to him right away.In this example,the __________ is the conditioned stimulus.

The abbreviation CS stands for

Thorndike's law of effect is most closely associated with which operant conditioning principle?

The person most closely associated with the law of effect is

Beena is outside in the winter making a snowman but forgot her gloves.Her hands get cold,so she runs home and puts her mittens on before going back outside to play.Beena's behaviour is an example of

After a CS comes to elicit the CR,the CS now can be paired with a new neutral stimulus,and this second neutral stimulus will start to elicit a CR.This process is called

Which of the following concepts involves displaying a less pronounced response to stimuli that differ from the original stimulus in both classical and operant conditioning?