Exam 7: Learning

Simple,but not complex,tasks can be learned through observation.

Operant behaviour is voluntary in nature.

Which technique is LEAST effective for learning school-related material?

Spontaneous recovery demonstrates that:

Extinction of a CR involves:

On which task might we expect the MOST individual differences?

Wild-raised chimpanzees imitate a human modelling tool use more accurately than do chimpanzees raised by humans.

Habituation and sensitization are forms of learning that can be demonstrated in the simplest of organisms.

Shaping through approximations involves providing reinforcers for behaviours that are closer and closer to the overall desired behaviour.

In Pavlov's research,what was the UR?

A reaction that usually resembles the unconditioned response but is produced by a conditioned stimulus is termed a(n)_____ response.

Little Albert was a(n):

Which structure is NOT involved in the reward centre of the brain?

Learning occurs independently of an individual's experience.

Tolman's views on learning differed from those of Skinner in that Tolman believed:

Which brain region was critical for Little Albert to form the association between the rat and the loud noise?

What was the CR in the Little Albert study?

A(n)_____ schedule is based on the number of responses needed to achieve reinforcement.

Operant behaviour is behaviour under the control of its consequences.

Dopamine is secreted in the pleasure centres of the brain.