Exam 6: Learning

According to the theory of classical conditioning, the unconditioned stimulus is

In which of the following would the acquisition of a classically conditioned response be the fastest?

Steve gets yelled at each time that he acts up in class. As a result, he has started acting up even more in class. This is an example of operant concept?

Which observation led Pavlov to begin studying the process of classical conditioning?

What has occurred when there is a decrease in the likelihood or rate of a target response?

Watson's experiment with Little Albert demonstrated that fears might be

Renata doesn't like to check her email because when she does there is usually a nasty message from her coworker. This is an example of which operant concept?

People are likely to develop phobias of things that are dangerous in the natural world, like snakes or bears, even if they never encounter those things in their lives. People are unlikely to develop phobias of modern equipment, like stoves or motorcycles, even if those items hurt them. Which of the following terms is used to help explain this odd fact?

Thorndike's law of effect is most closely associated with which operant conditioning principle?

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

A teacher states that all students who complete five word problems by the end of class will be exempt from homework. The teacher is using a __________ schedule of reinforcement.

Which of the following phenomena provide evidence that we can learn new things even in the absence of reinforcement?

One of the effects of alcohol is to slow the heart rate. People who are addicted to alcohol may have an increase in heart rate when they smell or see alcohol. What is the term for this learned reaction?

Which type of learning changes the likelihood of voluntary behaviour?

Which of the following is an example of negative reinforcement?

Which of the intermittent schedules produces the highest rates of responding?

In classical conditioning, acquisition can be described as the process in which

Tolman proposed that during learning trials, the rats in his experiments developed spatial representations of the maze. Those representations are called

Normally, when food is placed in the mouth of any animal, the salivary glands start releasing saliva to help with chewing and digestion. In Pavlov's description of learning, salivation is

__________ occurs when we respond more strongly over time to a repeated stimulus, and __________ occurs when we respond less strongly over time to a repeated stimulus.