Exam 6: Learning

In Pavlov's "salivating dogs" studies, what was the unconditioned stimulus (UCS)?

Pavlov's dog salivates when the red light is on, but not when the green light is on. Skinner's cat runs away from barking dogs, but snuggles with relaxed dogs. Which of the following terms describes both of these behaviour patterns?

Julie works in a car dealership, and her job is to talk to people and convince them to buy a car. She talks to a lot of people, but only makes a sale with approximately every fifth person. She only gets paid when she makes a sale, so her salary reflects a __________ schedule of reinforcement.

Which of the following events most intrigued Pavlov and led to his discoveries?

Parvinder has been afraid of cats ever since she was badly scratched as a child. Now, whenever she sees a cat she panics but then when she avoids the cat she feels better. Her phobia was likely acquired through __________ and is maintained through __________.

Thorndike's research with cats in puzzle boxes led him to conclude that

Punishment is defined as

Sarah learned to associate the smell of popcorn with watching movies. Which type of learning is this?

A stimulus presented to a person or animal that decreases the probability of a particular response is known as

The process by which the CS no longer produces the CR is called __________ .

Carla asked a question in class, and her teacher made a fuss about what a great question it was. After that, Carla never asked another question in class again. This is an example of operant concept?

Which of the following would be the conditioned stimulus (CS) in an experiment like Pavlov's?

Which of the following processes occurs in both operant conditioning and classical conditioning?

Which scholar and concept are correctly matched?

Advertisers pair their products with things that most people enjoy, like pleasant music, beautiful scenery, or pictures of attractive people smiling. If you think more positively about the advertised products as a result of these pairings, then your positive feelings represent

Which of the following is an example of the renewal effect?

Kristine gives her dog a treat each time he does a trick. Sarah gives her dog a treat only occasionally for doing the same trick. Which of the following is most likely?

Shelly has developed a fear of bridges due to the recent graphic news coverage of people falling from a collapsed bridge. In this example, which of the following is the CS?

Researchers that have studied the relationship between physical punishment by parents and aggressive behaviour in children have found that

Use of operant conditioning techniques and applied behaviour analysis (ABA) have been applied extensively to treating which disorder?