Exam 11: Learning Part 1

Laura commands her new puppy to "Shake!" lifts his paw, and then reinforces him. After several repetitions, she merely touches the dogs paw and says "Shake!" and then reinforces the dog. Later on, she merely extends her hand near the dog's paw and says "Shake!" The dog now raises his paw to shake. In training her dog Laura has used the technique called

Bart used to go to his health club every day after work because he almost always saw Abigail there. For two full weeks Abigail wasn't at the club when Bart went there for his workout, and now Bart has stopped going to his health club. This example illustrates the operant conditioning process of

In Pavlov's principle experiment, the unconditioned stimulus was the

Compensatory CRs tend to

Assuming the reinforcer is the sound of the rattle, a baby's response of shaking a rattle is reinforced according to which type of schedule?

In the cumulative record, a rapid response rate is indicated by ____; a slow response rate is indicated by ____.

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, and does not stop, even when a food pellet is delivered. In this example, the reinforcement schedule that is in place is MOST likely

Behaviors that are acquired through intermittent, or partial, reinforcement instead of continuous reinforcement are

A woman reported feeling "weak in the knees" whenever she smelled cigarette smoke and Beemans gum because of the association of these smells with her first love. The positive emotional response that this woman experienced developed through

The law of effect states that ____ lead to ____ of the association between the stimulus and a response.

When a researcher reinforces every instance of a designated response, it is referred to as

Which of the following is an example of a primary reinforcer?

The continued presentation of the CS without the US will result in the gradual disappearance of the CR. This phenomenon is known as

Mary takes a course in which she is tested every two weeks. Her studying falls off right after a test, followed by a gradual increase to a rapid rate of studying as the next test approaches. Her studying conforms to the typical pattern of responding maintained on

In a Skinner box, the cumulative recorder

The gradual weakening and disappearance of a tendency to make a conditioned response is termed

While out trick-or-treating for Halloween, at first Billy's neighbors had to remind him to say "trick or treat" before they dropped their treats into his bag. As he continued to visit houses in the neighborhood, soon Billy would say "trick or treat" as soon as the neighbors answered the door. The treats he received were the ____ for his saying "trick or treat".

When Skyler was first training his dog, Smooches, to heel he would give Smooches a treat when she stayed close during walks. Now Smooches stays right by Skyler's side, even when she is not on her leash. In this case,

Nancy has a headache; she takes some aspirin and the headache goes away. Nancy is more likely to take aspirin again. This is an example of

A salesperson earns a commission for each item of clothing she sells. Commission on the clothing sales is an example of which type of reinforcement schedule?