Exam 5: Learning

Your friend was bitten by a snake in the woods,resulting in an intense fear of snakes.She now refuses to even go near the woods.What does the two-process theory predict about her behavior?

Mathilde is traveling to Paris in the spring,and decides to purchase a tape that promises to teach her French while she is sleeping.Based on the research in this area,what might you predict will happen?

Learned behavior is less prone to extinction if it is conditioned by ________ reinforcement.

Jorge's boss has started putting the employee of the month's picture on the office wall.Productivity in his division has since plummeted.What has his boss inadvertently provided?

Luna is given a demerit every time she is caught daydreaming in class.What operant technique is her teacher using?

As manager of a new retail store,design a reward program for your customers based on a variable ratio schedule.

Omar and Patrice sell magazine subscriptions by telephone.Omar is paid $1.00 for every 5 calls he makes,while Patrice is paid $1.00 for every subscription she sells.Omar is paid on a ________ schedule,whereas Patrice is paid on a ________ schedule.

Geoffrey is training to be a telemarketing sales person.Initially he received an incentive bonus for each customer he called on even if the customer did not want his service.Currently,he only receives the incentive bonus for actually getting the customer to try the product.Eventually,he will get paid only when the customer purchases the product.Geoffrey's sales skills are being developed through

Which of the following is true regarding schedules of reinforcement?

What idea best explains why Norm,who has drunk Gatorade his whole life,won't switch to Powerade,despite the fact that his favorite basketball player is promoting it?

Sasha is expected to cut the lawn weekly.Her parents only give her money once in a while after she cuts the lawn.Sasha is being conditioned using a ________ schedule of reinforcement.

__________ is most closely associated with developing the theory of operant conditioning.

Providing a child a homework pass if she completes 5 word problems during class represents both ________ reinforcement and a ________ schedule of reinforcement.

During the winter months,Tarique receives a static shock each time he goes to open his car door.Now,before he even touches the door,Tarique flinches.What is the unconditioned stimulus (UCS)in this situation?

Extinction occurs when the ________ no longer produces the ________.

__________ is the term used to describe the situation in which a CS produces a CR.

According to the theory of classical conditioning,the unconditioned stimulus (UCS)is the stimulus that

A stimulus that comes to elicit a response as a result of repeated pairings with a stimulus that can reliably elicit a response does so because of

Marlena enjoys driving fast.However,she always slows down when she sees a highway patrol vehicle on the road.The patrol vehicle is serving as a(n)__________ for her to slow down.

Who is demonstrating the Premack principle?