Exam 5: Learning

Which pair below incorrectly identifies a stimulus or response in John B.Watson and Rosalie Rayner's "Little Albert" study?

Psychologists working in the area of cognition and learning:

A scientist conditions a dog to salivate in response to the sound of a high-pitched tone.The researcher then presents a low-pitched tone.The dog fails to salivate.The dog is demonstrating:

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

Learning that occurs internally and is expressed behaviorally only when there is sufficient motivation to do so is called _____ learning.

An individual doesn't receive a smile or a "thank you" each time he holds a door for the person behind him,just most of the time.Door-holding is reinforced on a(n)_____ schedule.

A talent competition judge tells a contestant that her audition was "brilliant ...one of the best this season." The judge's response is an example of:

One can teach a chicken to play baseball.

Positive reinforcement occurs when:

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children be limited to less than _____ hours of screen time per day.Preschool children now average _____ hours of screen time each day.

In 2013,an advertising agency stopped paying bonuses to executives who had attracted new clients.In 2014,the agency signed no new clients.This example illustrates:

Sex is a primary reinforcer.

When a parent attempts to reduce a child's unwanted behaviors by removing desired privileges,the parent is using:

Albert Bandura's Bobo doll experiments were intended to demonstrate:

The results of Edward Tolman and C.H.Honzik's latent learning experiment confirmed a strict,Skinnerian view of learning.

B.F.Skinner conducted the most influential early research on operant conditioning.

Observational learning is to latent learning as _____ is to _____.

Kayla is helping her professor conduct an observational learning study in which the model is either similar or dissimilar to the participant.In this study,the similarity of the model to the participant is a(n)_____ variable.

Dr.Ruiz asserts that the only truly scientific psychology is a psychology based on concrete,observable behavior.Dr.Ruiz's view resembles that of the influential psychologist:

Which scenario exemplifies negative reinforcement?