Exam 6: Learning

What do we call learning that has taken place but is not demonstrated?

Mom and Dad think it is real funny, and laugh when their 2-year-old, Bruce, says dirty words. When Bruce is sent home from kindergarten because of swearing, they don't understand why he cusses. Now when he cusses at home they ignore the cussing (they don't think it's cute anymore). Laughing in this example is:

What has occurred when there is a decrease in the likelihood or rate of a target response?

A rat learns that pressing the lever in the operant chamber will only deliver food if a red light above the lever is on. In this scenario, the red light is acting as a _________________.

Aunt Bea gave Opie fried chicken livers every time he made his bed. Opie began making his bed more often than he used to. In this example, chicken livers are a _______ reinforcer.

Sylvia used to play with balloons. When she tried to blow up a balloon last week, it popped in her face and gave her quite a scare. Now, blowing up a balloon is so scary that Sylvia will not try it. In this example, the pop is a(n) _____ and the balloon is a(n) _____.

Of the following phenomena, which one best explains the spreading of phobias to objects similar to the one to which the phobia was originally acquired?

In classical conditioning, a(n) _____ becomes a(n) _____, which elicits a response.

Learning that depends on mental processes that are not able to be observed directly is called _________ learning.

Repeatedly presenting a CS by itself will result in ______________.

By pairing the ringing of a bell with the presentation of meat, Pavlov trained dogs to salivate to the sound of a bell even when no meat was presented. In this experiment, the presentation of the meat was the __________.

The type of learning students do when studying information for a test is primarily ______________ learning.

Reacting to a stimulus that is similar to the one which you have learned to react is called _______.

Research indicates that test performance is better if students use study materials that ____________________ and ______________________

When someone uses punishment to change a behavior, the behavior is likely to ______.

Which of the following statements about classical conditioning is true?

By pairing the ringing of a bell with the presentation of meat, Pavlov trained dogs to salivate to the sound of a bell even when no meat was presented. In this experiment, salivation to the meat was the _______.

An unconditioned stimulus is an event or a thing that elicits a response automatically or reflexively.

How do you know you have classically conditioned a person or an animal?

The process by which experience results in a relatively permanent change in what one is capable of doing is called: