Exam 6: Learning

Dan and Joel,both 4 year old,have seen all the Spiderman movies.Joel's mother recently found the boys standing on the garage roof,ready to try jumping across to the next roof.What best accounts for the boys' behavior?

An empathic husband who sees his wife in pain will exhibit some of the same brain activity she is showing.According to many researchers,this best illustrates the functioning of

If a sea slug repeatedly receives an electric shock just after being squirted with water,its protective withdrawal response to a squirt of water grows stronger.This best illustrates

Classical conditioning involves a learned association between

After Pavlov had conditioned a dog to salivate to a tone,he repeatedly sounded the tone without presenting the food.As a result,________ occurred.

Most psychologists think that the use of punishment is

Myron quit gambling after he lost over a thousand dollars betting on horse races.This best illustrates the effects of

Months after she was beaten up by a robber,Courtney's heart pounds with fear merely at the sight of the place in which she was attacked.The location of her attack is most likely a(n)________ for Courtney's anxiety.

Which of the following is an unconditioned response?

Airline frequent flyer programs that reward customers with a free flight after every 75,000 miles of travel illustrate the use of a ________ schedule of reinforcement.

The pioneering researcher of observational learning was

After being burned slightly by a spark from a flickering campfire,Julie became afraid when exposed to lighted gas stoves.This best illustrates

A partial reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response that occurs after an unpredictable period of time is a ________ schedule.

Like European Christians who risked their lives to rescue Jews from the Nazis,civil rights activists of the 1960s had parents who

A type of learning in which behavior is diminished if followed by a punisher is called

An event that decreases the frequency of the behavior that it follows is a

Ten-year-old Karen frequently watches violent movies on television.This is most likely to lead her to

After Betty noticed that her best girlfriend often received praise from adults for good manners like saying "thank you," Betty began doing the same with the expectation of receiving praise from adults.This best illustrates

The reappearance,after a time lapse,of an extinguished CR is called

The process of modeling is most closely associated with