Exam 8: Learning

John B.Watson believed that psychology should be the science of

Glancing at the television in the next room in hopes of seeing the beginning of the 6 o'clock evening news is likely to be reinforced on a ________ schedule.

If a tone regularly signals food and produces salivation,then a light that becomes associated with the tone may also begin to trigger salivation.This best illustrates

An event that decreases the frequency of the behavior that it follows is a

The infant Albert developed a fear of rats after a white rat was associated with a loud noise.In this example,fear of the white rat was the

John B.Watson would have expressed the greatest disapproval of attempts to scientifically study whether

Both classical and operant conditioning are forms of

Evidence that organisms most readily learn behaviors favored by natural selection best illustrates the importance of

To quickly teach a dog to roll over on command,you would be best advised to use

Mr.Angelou believes that movies and televised news reports should portray only justifiable acts of violence and should never focus on the physical injury and suffering caused by these acts.Use your understanding of observational learning to indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with Mr.Angelou.

An executive in a computer software firm works with his office door closed.At the same time every hour he opens the door to see what his employees are doing.The employees have learned to work especially hard during the five minutes before and while the door is open.Their work pattern is typical of responses that are reinforced on a ________ schedule.

Long after being bitten by a stray dog,Alonzo found that his fear of dogs seemed to have disappeared.To his surprise,however,when he was recently confronted by a stray dog,he experienced a sudden twinge of anxiety.This sudden anxiety best illustrates

Long after her conditioned fear of dogs had been extinguished,Marcy experienced an unexpected surge of nervousness when first shown her cousin's new cocker spaniel.Her unexpected nervousness best illustrates

A teenage driver who has a fender bender while texting learns to discontinue his habit of texting while driving.In this case,his fender bender is a

Myron quit gambling after he lost over a thousand dollars betting on horse races.This best illustrates the effects of

Birds appear to be biologically predisposed to develop aversions to the ________ of tainted food.

Observational learning was illustrated by a famous experiment involving

Jordan is frightened by the sound of a train whistle.The sound is a(n)

If children get attention from their parents for doing cartwheels,they will repeat the trick in anticipation of more attention.This best illustrates

Taking away the driver's license of a reckless teen driver is intended to serve as a