Exam 6: Learning

A pigeon receives food for pecking a key,but only rarely and on unpredictable occasions.This best illustrates

Which of the following is an example of a respondent behavior?

Acquiring new responses by watching the behaviors of a teacher is an example of

Learning to associate two stimuli is to ________ as learning to associate one's behavior with its consequences is to ________.

One of the major drawbacks of using physical punishment to change children's behavior is that

Acquiring new habits best illustrates the process of

In Pavlov's experiments,the taste of food triggered salivation in a dog.The food in the dog's mouth was the

Dogs conditioned to salivate when rubbed on their thigh also begin to salivate when rubbed on their back or stomach.This best illustrates

After he was spanked on several occasions for spilling his milk at a restaurant,Colin became afraid to go to the restaurant.In this case,spanking was a(n)________ for Colin's fear.

The rapid transmission of fads and fashions best illustrates the impact of

Both classical and operant conditioning are forms of

A partial reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified amount of time has elapsed is a ________ schedule.

Spontaneous recovery refers to the

We are most likely to imitate the behavior of models if we observe that their actions are

Positive punishment is the introduction of a(n)________ stimulus following a behavior and negative punishment is the withdrawal of a(n)________ stimulus following a behavior.

Tennis instruction that reinforces soft,short lobs over the net before attempting to reinforce hard,long,cross-court hits best illustrates the process of

Classical conditioning is most clearly biologically adaptive because it enables us to learn that a ________ predicts the onset of a _________.

If rats are allowed to wander through a maze,they will subsequently run the maze with few errors when a food reward is placed in the maze's goal box.Their good performance demonstrates

In explaining serious childhood misbehavior,B.F.Skinner would most likely have emphasized

Pavlov noticed that dogs began salivating at the mere sight of the person who regularly brought food to them.For the dogs,the sight of this person was a(n)