Exam 7: Learning

The Rescorla-Wagner model predicts that conditioning will be easier when the CS (conditioned stimulus)is an unfamiliar event than when it is familiar.

Slot machines arrange reinforcers according to a variable-interval schedule.

In Pavlov's research,what was the US?

Jeremy goes to crowded parties and approaches women with a cheesy pick-up line designed to get their phone numbers.Jeremy never knows which women will fall for his line,but he does know that if he asks enough women,it's quite probable that he will get a phone number.Jeremy's behaviour is being reinforced on a _____ schedule.

A speck of dirt that gets into your eye will naturally cause a blinking reflex.The speck of dirt is a(n)_____ stimulus.

A textile worker who is paid by the piece for the number of shirts sewn is on a fixed-ratio schedule.

Shaping through approximations more quickly establishes a complex behaviour than does trial-and-error learning.

The fact that persons experiencing amnesia do not show deficits in implicit learning suggests that _____ is NOT involved in implicit learning.

When Tom's sister burned herself playing with matches,she cried for a long time.A by-product of this experience was that Tom also learned not to play with matches.Tom's learning experience is an example of:

Reinforcement under a fixed-ratio schedule is based on a particular average number of responses.

In pioneering research with the sea slug Aplysia,Kandel and colleagues demonstrated that,when lightly touched,Aplysia would withdraw its gill.With repeated touches,however,the gill withdrawal lessens,demonstrating:

A student writes a summary of the information she has just studied.Rereading this summary,she decides that she probably doesn't understand the material well enough.Her conclusion is an example of a(n):

If children observe their older brothers fighting in the neighbourhood,Bandura would suggest that the younger siblings will:

Research has demonstrated observational learning in:

When Jasminda first moved into her apartment,the buzzing noise coming from her refrigerator disturbed her greatly.Now,after 3 months,Jasminda doesn't notice the sound because of:

Bandura's research demonstrated that simply observing aggressive models was not sufficient to produce aggressive behaviour in children;reinforcement of the aggressive behaviour was needed.

The idea that behaviours followed by a "satisfying state of affairs" tend to be repeated and those that produce an "unpleasant state of affairs" are less likely to be repeated is known as:

Behaviour is under _____ control when a particular response only occurs in a certain context.

If the connections between the amygdala and midbrain regions are severed,a CS paired with shock in a rat will no longer elicit:

A child throws a temper tantrum at the mall because he wants to play with the toy that his mother just bought him.The MOST effective way for his mother to punish this behaviour is to: