Exam 5: Learning

Sometimes when you call a customer service center,you are put on hold; you don't not know how long it will be before the holding behavior is reinforced by the response of an associate,and it doesn't matter what one does in the meantime.Holding on a phone line is reinforced on a _____ schedule.

Andrea has a needle phobia.Which pair correctly identifies the stimulus or response in the conditioning of her phobia?

Based on the textbook's discussion,B.F.Skinner is known for the study of:

Negative reinforcement:

In a series of three experiments,Tobias Greitemeyer (2009)examined the influence of prosocial messages on thought and behavior.Which statement BEST expresses the results of this research?

Roberta laughs at one of Keith's jokes,thereby providing positive reinforcement.

B.F.Skinner's work reflected the psychological school of:

Paychecks and course grades are delivered on a _____ schedule of reinforcement.

Adam was stung by a bee.Now he is frightened not only of bees but of all flying insects.This example illustrates:

A rat in a Skinner box is trained to press a bar for food pellets.The rat is then placed on a partial reinforcement schedule,receiving pellets every 5 minutes.This is a _____ schedule of reinforcement.

Which statement BEST expresses the relationship between stimulus generalization and stimulus discrimination?

A _____ schedule of reinforcement is one in which reinforcement is provided after a pre-established number of responses.

Partial reinforcement is sometimes called intermittent reinforcement.

In Albert Bandura's observational learning work,which of the following is MOST likely a dependent variable?

When Saralyn's partner says "I'm going to bed early," she follows expectantly; when he says,"I'm tired," she stays behind and reads in the living room for a while.Saralyn's behavior demonstrates:

In Ivan Pavlov's study,the bell is both a neutral and a conditioned stimulus.

Which schedule of partial reinforcement is correctly matched with its definition?

Salary is to commission as _____ is to _____.

Extinction expunges an association from an organism's brain.

After a researcher conditions a dog to salivate in response to the sound of a tone,she continues to present the tone but does not give the dog any food.Eventually,the dog stops salivating to the tone.The dog is demonstrating: