Exam 5: Learning

On a fixed-ratio schedule of reinforcement,a pigeon that has been placed in a Skinner box receives food after pecking a disk:

When behavior reemerges following extinction,_____ has occurred.

Positive punishment is:

Which laboratory example reflects a fixed-ratio schedule of reinforcement?

Studying is usually reinforced on a continuous schedule.

Social learning is a synonym for:

Alexis,who gets nervous when she writes exams,has written several exams at the gym this term.She notices that her heart pounds and her hands sweat when she passes by the gym on the way to class.In this example the gym has become a(n):

Event is to behavior as _____ is to _____.

Dr.Landry is conducting an observational learning study in which the model is either similar or dissimilar to the participant.Dr.Landry thinks that participants are more likely to imitate the behavior of similar rather than dissimilar models.This is a(n):

Operant conditioning applies to voluntary behavior.

Anxiety-reduction techniques such as relaxation training and positive visualization are based on operant conditioning.

Kate has a kind of picture in her head of her hometown,a mental representation of its layout and the location of key landmarks such as rivers,buildings,freeways,and parks.This representation is called a(n):

Candice tosses a newly purchased felt mouse across the floor; her cat chases it excitedly,clutches it in its paws,and rolls around with it.Several tosses later,her cat yawns pointedly and settles itself for a nap.The change in Candice's cat's behavior illustrates:

Operant conditioning applies to _____ and involves associations between _____.

In the latent learning study described in the text,the rats that were reinforced only during the latter portion of the experiment would be considered a control group.

Albert Bandura is to Wolfgang Köhler as latent learning is to insight.

Which of the following reinforcers is NOT correctly categorized?

Conditioning principles have been applied successfully in advertising; for example,in an effective advertisement,the product or service being promoted is usually a(n):

Ruben is reading the descriptions of some of the psychology courses in his college's course catalog.The description of one course reads in part,"A survey of the methods by which organisms' behavior changes as a result of experience." This course is MOST likely titled:

Edward Tolman and C.H.Honzik's latent learning experiment showed that reinforcement may not always be necessary for learning to occur.