Exam 5: A: Learning

Sandy's favorite activity is to go to Las Vegas and play the slot machines.Her gambling behavior is being reinforced on a _______ schedule.

Which of the following statements about positive reinforcers is accurate?

Which of the following is a primary reinforcer?

In classical conditioning,one must be sure to pair the:

Which schedule of reinforcement is programmed into slot machines?

In the experiment with Little Albert,the conditioned stimulus was __________.

The "law of effect" was first proposed in the modern scientific community by:

In classical conditioning,the interstimulus interval refers to the amount of time between ________.

The person most closely associated with the law of effect is ________.

On a variable-ratio schedule,reinforcement is given _______.

When Luke kissed Laura,her heart rate increased.Luke always wore Old Spice After Shave.Whenever Laura smelled Old Spice,her heart raced.Luke's kiss was the:

On a variable-ratio schedule,reinforcement is given ________.

A small boy has just recently delighted his parents because he learned to call his father "daddy." However,it has now become an embarrassment to his mother when she takes him out with her because he keeps calling other men "daddy." This is an example of:

Rachel has found that when she opens up the cupboard door to get the cat food,the cats come running to the kitchen.Rachel knows that this is classical conditioning,that the unconditioned stimulus is the __________ and that the conditioned stimulus is the ___________.

In the classic study of fear conditioning in a human infant (the "Albert" experiment),what was the UCS?

What do we call learning that has taken place but is not demonstrated?

Which of the following is an example of classical conditioning?

Which of the following is a secondary reinforcer?

In Bandura's classic (1965)study of children exposed to a film of an adult hitting a Bobo doll,__________.

Abigail is trying to figure out how she can BEST use employee pay to shape her employees' behavior.She is interested in short-term productivity (speed),not consistency,long-term productivity,or employee turnover.According to reinforcement theory,she should probably use a _______ schedule.