Exam 7: Learning

You toss a newly-purchased felt mouse across the floor. Your cat chases it excitedly, clutches it in her paws and rolls around with it. Several tosses later, your cat yawns pointedly and settles herself for a nap. The change in your cat's behavior illustrates ________.

Who conducted the study of fear conditioning with "little Albert"?

With respect to gender, studies have shown that tasks requiring mental imagery are better performed by ________. Tasks requiring verbal learning are better performed by ________.

Neural mechanisms for learning include:

Which of the following can be classified as learning?

Rachana was annoyed by the dinging sound her car made when her seatbelt was not fastened, so she decided to fasten her seatbelt before she started the car to avoid hearing the dinging sound. What learning phenomenon is associated with the removal of such an aversive stimulus? a) Positive reinforcement b) Negative reinforcement c) Positive punishment d) Negative punishment

Upon accumulating 10 "punches" on a store rewards card for buying 10 sub sandwiches, April will get a free sandwich. This circumstance illustrates a __________ reinforcement schedule.

You study for a psychology midterm by reviewing 60 minutes per day on each of the ten days leading up to the test. However, you study for your sociology test from 7 p.m. the night before the test straight through till 5 a.m. the morning of the test. Your method of preparing for your sociology test is termed _______ practice. All else being equal, you should perform _________ on your sociology test than on your psychology test.

Which type of learning is CORRECTLY paired with its basis in the nervous system?

Based on your text's discussion, which of the following statements best captures the relationship between observational learning and modeling?

There is no single learning system in the brain.

Research investigating conditioning of the eye blink reflex that one brain structure especially important to the formation of US-CS associations is the ________.

Neuroscientists have studied non-associative learning among:

"Eureka! I've got it!" The sudden awareness of a problem's solution is termed ________ learning.

Carlotta consumed some poorly-stored sushi on a hot day; she became violently ill. Now Carlotta can't stand the sight of sushi. She has developed a(n) _________.

The process by which a stimulus increases the likelihood that a preceding behavior will be repeated is called __________.

What learning mechanism did Cajal suggest?

A space-time anomaly strands several early psychologists in the 21st century. With no way back, the psychologists attempt to continue their work in the present day. Watson proposes a 'Little Albert' study to a contemporary research ethics committee. Which of the following reflects the LEAST likely response of the committee?

Name 2 other factors that may explain the relationship between television and aggression in children?

Which of the following scenarios exemplifies spontaneous recovery?