Exam 5: Learning

Explain what learned helplessness is and describe how it develops. Also, discuss what effects it has on people and animals once it is established.

A monkey learns that given three differently shaped boxes (square, round, and triangular), food will always be found under the round box. Once this learning has occurred, the monkey only looks under the round box for food, ignoring the other boxes. This exemplifies the principle of ________.

Classical conditioning has been demonstrated ________.

Higher order conditioning is difficult to achieve because it battles against extinction.

Social learning theory stresses that people can reward or punish themselves.

A variable-ratio schedule produces a high response rate over a long period of time.

The control of conditioned responses by cues or stimuli in the environment is known as ________.

Vicarious learning is another term for ________.

We associate the name ________ most closely with classical conditioning.

In Bandura's classic (1965) study, children played more aggressively when a model was rewarded for aggressive behavior.

Punishment is a(n) ________ controller of behavior.

If a person is paid at the end of each work day, the reinforcement schedule would be ________.

Desensitization therapy is based on classical conditioning techniques.

Research on cognitive learning in animals indicates that ________.

A type of learning that involves associating one event with another is called operant or classical ________.