Exam 6: Learning

Which of the following people is most likely to develop a conditioned taste aversion?

Studies of latent learning emphasize the importance of __________ on learning.

Letting a student leave class early if she completes five word problems during class represents both __________ reinforcement and a __________ schedule of reinforcement.

Omar and Patrice sell magazine subscriptions by telephone. Omar is paid $1.00 for every five calls he makes, while Patrice is paid $1.00 for every subscription he sells (which could take any number of calls). Omar is paid on a __________ schedule, while Patrice is paid on a __________ schedule.

In classical conditioning, the CR and the __________ are usually the same, or very similar.

Which of the following would be an unconditioned stimulus (UCS) in experiments like Pavlov's?

According to the principle of __________, if we want an animal to maintain a trick for a long time, we should only reinforce correct responses every once in a while.

Which of the following statements concerning sleep learning is most accurate?

__________ is an example of a primary reinforcer, whereas __________ is an example of a secondary reinforcer.

In general, we develop associations best if stimuli or events occur close together. Which of the following types of learning seems to happen easily, even if the events occur hours apart?

When a strongly conditioned CS is used to make another neutral stimulus into a second CS, the effect is known as

If you get paid as long as you show up to work each day at 8am, then which schedule of reinforcement is that?

A reinforcer that naturally rewards a behaviour is considered to be a __________ reinforcer.

Which of the following is an advantage of punishment?

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 frightening noise?

After Little Albert acquired a conditioned fear of rats, Watson wanted to see how he would react to a white rabbit, cotton wool, and a Santa Claus mask. He was studying whether or not __________ had occurred.

Conditioned taste aversions and instinctive drift both likely result from biological __________ .

Simone taught her dog to sit. She also taught her dog to drop anything that he was holding in his mouth. Now, when they play fetch, she first gets her dog to sit, then she throws the ball and when he returns she tells him to drop the ball. Then he sits again, and the game starts all over. Which operant conditioning procedure does this represent?

Pavlov developed the theory of __________ conditioning.

One of the early terms for behaviourism is 'S-R' psychology. What was the main theory of S-R psychology?