Exam 11: Learning Part 1

According to Skinner, a stimulus is a reinforcer if it

Immediately after being reinforced, a rat on which schedule of reinforcement would show the longest pause before its next response?

A relatively durable change in behavior or knowledge that is due to experience defines

Six-year-old Sam only asks his Dad if he can stay up past his bedtime and never asks his Mom. Most likely, his Dad is ____ and Dad can be considered to be a ____.

In the Little Albert experiment on conditioned emotional responses, stimulus generalization was shown when Albert showed the fear response to

Your employer gives merit wage increases at the same time each year. This is an example of which schedule of reinforcement?

When choosing a conditioned stimulus, it is best to select a stimulus that is

A worker gets paid every Friday for completing his 40 hour work week. He is being paid on a ____ schedule.

You are watching a rat pressing a lever in a Skinner box to obtain food pellets. The rat is pressing the lever at a very high rate, but it takes a break from lever pressing each time a food pellet is delivered. In this example, the reinforcement schedule that is in place is MOST likely

April wants to teach her cat not to claw at the arms of her couch. She will be most successful in reducing the cat's scratching behavior if she uses

Slot machines increase gambling behavior through the use of

If you wanted a rat in a Skinner Box to respond with both a high and steady rate of responding, you should use which type of schedule of reinforcement?

If, after responding at a steady rate for several minutes a rat pauses and does not respond at all for a period of time, this pause would be reflected in the cumulative record by a

In an operant conditioning study, the device that creates a graphic record of an organism's responding and reinforcement over time is a

Negative reinforcement involves

You are watching a rat in a Skinner box, and every time a red light comes on the rat presses the lever in the box. However, when a green light comes on the rat never presses the lever. In this case, it appears that the color of the light is acting as

Raul's parents make certain they thank Raul every time he clears the dishes from the table without being asked. Sadie's parents try to remember to thank Sadie every time she clears the table without being asked, but about half the time they forget. Based on principles of operant conditioning, you should predict that

Holly was dancing with her new boyfriend at an Elvis tribute. When the band started playing "Can't Help Falling in Love with You" her boyfriend gave her a long, passionate kiss, which Holly found very enjoyable. Now Holly finds that every time she hears "Can't Help Falling in Love with You" on the radio, she becomes a little flushed. In this example, the conditioned stimulus is

Examples of behaviors learned through classical conditioning would include all the following EXCEPT

When Luis was a child, he really liked the smell of the rose-scented perfume his mother always used to wear. He came to associate that scent with snuggles and hugs from his mom. As an adult, Luis likes any floral scent, including the smell of lilacs and wildflowers. This example illustrates the classical conditioning process of