Exam 7: Learning

What 2 groups of individuals may be especially vulnerable to conditioned taste aversion?

Shaping as a means to teach new behaviors relies on rewarding successive __________ of the desired behavior until the complete behavioral sequence emerges.

What drugs can be used to treat ADD and ADHD?

Neuroimaging studies have revealed that as compared to children without the disability, children with dyslexia have reduced blood flow in the:

Negative reinforcement:

When does non-associative learning develop?

As compared to behaviors reinforced on continuous schedules, behaviors reinforced intermittently are _______ resistant to extinction.

What phenomenon did Ivan Pavlov initially set out to study?

Which of the following scenarios exemplifies negative reinforcement?

Sleep deprivation impairs our ability to

Reinforcers that satisfy a biological need are called ________ reinforcers.

Mario ate leftover food on Saturday morning that had not been refrigerated properly the night before. Later that day, he became ill. To this day, many years later, Mario refuses to eat leftover food. Which term describes his condition?

Name two major types of associative conditioning?

The vast majority of learning that occurs in complex organisms is __________ learning.

Studies with garlic suggest that fetuses can engage in what type(s) of learning?

Each pair below CORRECTLY identifies a stimulus or response in Watson and Rayner's "Little Albert" study EXCEPT:

Who conducted the Bobo doll experiment?

Even after Pavlov's assistant stopped bringing food to the dogs during visits, the dogs salivated weeks later when they saw the assistant. What learning phenomenon does this describe?

What type(s) of media may promote aggressive behaviors in children?

Differentiate between associative and non-associative learning.