Exam 5: A: Learning

Which of the following is an example of learning?

John's heart has been conditioned to beat rapidly whenever he smells Windsong perfume on a woman.However,John's heart also races when he smells Chanel #5 and other perfumes.This illustrates:

In the experiment with Little Albert,the unconditioned response was _______.

Who was Little Albert?

By pairing the ringing of a bell with the presentation of meat,Pavlov trained dogs to salivate to the sound of a bell even when no meat was presented.In this experiment,the ringing of the bell was the __________.

Learning is a process by which experience results in:

Negative reinforcement is best thought of as:

A grandmother gives her grandchild a cookie because the child cleaned up her room.What is the cookie in this example?

Reacting to a stimulus that is similar to the one which you have learned to react is called _______.

Negative reinforcement is negative in the sense that:

When someone uses negative reinforcement to change a behavior,the behavior is likely to ______.

What must be paired together for classical conditioning to occur?

By pairing the ringing of a bell with the presentation of meat,Pavlov trained dogs to salivate to the sound of a bell even when no meat was presented.In this experiment,salivation to the meat was the _______.

A positive reinforcer is a stimulus that is ________ and thus ________ the probability of a response.

An experiment finds that a certain male subject always has an increased heartbeat when he hears a certain piece of music.The experimenter sounds a buzzer and then plays the piece of music.The experimenter repeats this procedure until the man responds with an increased heartbeat to the sound of the buzzer alone.In this situation the UNCONDITIONED response is the:

When Luke kissed Laura,her heart rate increases.Luke always wore Old Spice After Shave.Whenever Laura smelled Old Spice thereafter,her heart raced.Old Spice After Shave was the:

The mental image of an area,such as a maze or the floor plan of a building,is called _____________.

Research suggests that delayed reinforcement ____________.

Cognitive maps are:

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