Exam 12: Learning Part 2

Escape conditioning is maintained by

A systematic approach to changing behavior through the application of the principles of conditioning is known as

How do psychologists define learning?

Behavior modification works best when used to modify

When gathering baseline data for a behavior modification program, it is necessary to record all of the following EXCEPT

In general, interval schedules of reinforcement tend to produce more rapid responding than ratio schedules.

To maximize effectiveness of punishment and minimize its negative side effects, punishment should be

Sally developed a fear of balconies from almost falling. Although she has had no dangerous experiences on bridges, cliffs, and the view from tall buildings, she now fears these stimuli as well. Which of the following is likely to have produced a fear of these other stimuli?

As a teenager it seemed that your mom was always nagging you to clean your room. Eventually you learned that if you cleaned your room every Saturday morning you would not have to listen to her nagging. Your mother was successful in getting you to clean your room through the use of ____ to establish ____.

A rat learns to press a bar to turn off an electric shock. This is an example of

Which of the following is NOT an example of punishment?

In operant conditioning, ____________________ are events that typically precede the target response.

Your younger daughter watches your older daughter wash the breakfast dishes. Later, your younger daughter attempts to wash some dishes. The older daughter has acted as

Given the research findings in this chapter, explain how you would respond to your own children when they did things you did that you did not want them to do. When would you use positive reinforcement? When would you use punishment to teach them things? When would you use negative reinforcement? What kinds of reinforcement schedules would you use? (Be sure that you clearly differentiate between reinforcement and punishment, negative and positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement and punishment)

Latent learning is a type of learning that

If you perform behavior designed to prevent an unpleasant event from happening, your behavior is classified as

You have familiarized yourself with the streets of your town with out any reinforcement; then one day you are asked to go to the post office. You are able to do so with ease by following a route that you have never taken. This is an example of

Earlier learning viewpoints considered classical and operant conditioning to be automatic processes involving only environmental events that did not depend at all on biological or cognitive factors. Research on which of the following concepts cast doubt on this point of view?

The evolutionary history of rats has rendered them ____ to associate a taste CS with an illness US, and ____ to associate that same CS with an electric shock US.

In classical conditioning the neutral stimulus becomes the ____________________ stimulus because of its association with the ____________________ stimulus.