Exam 6: Learning

After a CS comes to elicit the CR, the CS now can be paired with a new neutral stimulus, and this new neutral stimulus will start to elicit a CR. This process is called

Nic smiled when he heard a song that reminded him of a great summer, years ago. That song was very popular that summer, so it became associated with a lot of fun events. Which type of learning does this represent?

If you put mittens on to reduce the discomfort of having very cold hands, then which of the following terms describes this situation?

Janet used to pout in order to get her own way, but her parents started ignoring that behaviour. Now she rarely pouts to get her own way. Which process has occured?

Who was the first person to describe learning as acquired through classical conditioning, while studying the digestive process of dogs?

S-O-R theorists were one of the first groups to point out the role of __________ in learning.

What are the four schedules of reinforcement? Describe each and provide an example.

Jason had a lot of trouble finishing a research paper but worked really hard and got an A grade on the paper. Getting an A for working hard is an example of

In operant conditioning, which of the following is an example of negative reinforcement?

Your parakeet eats some cooked spaghetti. Later, the parakeet gets ill. Based on evidence about the specificity of conditioned taste aversions, which of the following would your bird find most aversive in future?

Which of the following will decrease the likelihood of behaviour reoccurring?

Bennett cut his hand while washing dishes, and now he is nervous whenever he reaches into the soapy water. His nervousness when reaching into the water is

Ursula is afraid of some rodents, after she was bitten by a rat. She is afraid of all rats, as well as mice and hamsters, but is not afraid of guinea pigs or gerbils. Ursula's responses best demonstrate that

John sees others being praised for using good penmanship, and now he attempts to use good penmanship. This behaviour is reflective of __________ learning.

The tendency to respond to a stimulus that is similar to the original conditioned stimulus is called

A child learns that whenever he eats all of his dinner he gets a cookie for dessert. This type of learning is best described by

In the study of Little Albert, a cute white rat was paired with a frightening noise, which led Little Albert to be somewhat afraid of the white rat, as well as to some other white fuzzy animals and stimuli. In this study, what is Albert's fear of the other white fuzzy stimuli?

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

Which of the following terms represents the process of moving from a continuous reinforcement schedule to partial reinforcement schedule?

Cancer patients may be asked to __________ prior to chemotherapy treatments to avoid conditioned taste aversions.