Exam 8: Learning

An event or situation signaling that an operant response will be reinforced is called a(n)

After spending two decades studying the digestive system,________ realized that certain "psychic secretions" pointed to a fundamental form of learning.

Teachers who effectively shape their students' study habits are most likely to

A young child who is spanked after running into the street learns not to repeat this behavior.In this case,the spanking is a

A type of learning in which behavior is diminished if followed by a punisher is called

The first time that Liza heard the loud sound of her father's bass drum,she responded with fear.The fear response is most clearly an example of

After receiving a couple of traffic tickets for speeding,Masako no longer drives faster than the legal speed limit.This best illustrates the impact of

Which of the following are thought to become active both when people watch an action being performed and when they perform that action themselves?

Any event or situation that evokes a response is a

Some students study hard beginning with the first couple of weeks of a semester because they subsequently receive very good final course grades.This best illustrates that human behavior is influenced by

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

The process of reinforcing successively closer approximations to a desired behavior is called

Paul and Michael sell magazine subscriptions by telephone.Paul is paid $1.00 for every five calls he makes,while Michael is paid $1.00 for every subscription he sells,regardless of the number of calls he makes.Paul's telephoning is reinforced on a ________ schedule,whereas Michael's is reinforced on a ________ schedule.

A variable-ratio schedule of reinforcement is one in which a response is reinforced only after a(n)

Before learning painfully that the sound of a buzzing bee signaled she was about to be stung,Sara felt no fear in response to the buzzing sound.At that time the sound of the buzzing bee was most clearly a(n)

The law of effect refers to the tendency to

An organism's ability to mentally anticipate that a US will follow a CS is most likely to be highlighted by a(n)________ perspective.

The ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus is called

The type of learning in which one comes to associate two stimuli and thereby anticipate events is called

According to B.F.Skinner,human behavior is controlled primarily by