Exam 7: Learning and Conditioning

In classical conditioning,when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus,________ occurs.

At first,Pavlov speculated about what his dogs might be thinking and feeling to make them drool before getting their food.

One of the first psychologists to recognize the real-life implications of classical conditioning was ________,who founded North American behaviourism.

After paying a $500.00 fine for parking in a space reserved for handicapped drivers,an able-bodied driver is careful not to park in such a space again.The loss of money is a:

When one is first acquiring a response,learning is usually most rapid under an intermittent reinforcement schedule.

Operant conditioning occurs when a stimulus that resembles the conditioned stimulus elicits the conditioned response.

If a conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus,then ________ will occur.

In both latent learning and social-cognitive learning,what is acquired is ________ rather than a specific response.

Which of the following statements would be rejected by a strict behaviourist?

Learning to respond correctly when a discriminative stimulus is present is an essential part of a person's socialization.

In a research study conducted at a college,students looked at slides of either beige pens or blue pens while either popular or unfamiliar music played in the background.In classical conditioning terms,the music was a/an:

Social-cognitive theorists would argue that learning is not so much a change in behaviour as it is a change in knowledge that has the potential for affecting behaviour.

In the 1940s,two social scientists proposed a social-learning theory stating that most human learning occurs through observing other people in a social context.

According to the textbook:

________ occurs when a pigeon that has been trained to peck at a picture of a circle also pecks at a picture of an oval.

Match the types of learning with the appropriate names. -Operant conditioning

Watson and Rayner made a loud noise behind Little Albert's head by striking a steel bar with a hammer.This noise served as the ________ in their study.

Match the descriptions with the appropriate type of reinforcement. -A reinforcement procedure in which a response is followed by the presentation of,or increase in intensity of,a reinforcing stimulus.

What actually is learned in classical conditioning is:

Intrinsic rewards are inherently related to the activity that is being reinforced.