Exam 5: Learning

Classical conditioning is essentially _________.

In the context of behavior therapy methods, which of the following statements is true of flooding?

In the context of classical conditioning, ________ helps organisms adapt to situations that recur from time to time.

Three-year old Derris watches the children's television show "Spongebob Squarepants." At first, Derris became really excited whenever he saw a Spongebob doll. Now Derris gets excited whenever he sees any yellow sponge. Derris is displaying stimulus ___________.

In Pavlov's experiment, he conditioned his dog to salivate when it was shown a circle. Later, the dog salivated when it was shown other closed geometric figures including squares. Through his experiment, Pavlov demonstrated _________.

In Pavlov's experiments on classical conditioning, salivation of the dog in response to the meat powder is an unlearned or unconditioned response.

Every morning, Jaclyn's parents watch for the school bus to arrive. They repeatedly are looking out the window to see if the bus has arrived. This schedule is a __________.

Operant conditioning is essentially learning __________.

Which of the following best identifies the behaviorists primary emphasis for the study of psychology?

Which of the following is a secondary reinforcer?

Which of the following statements is true in the context of classical conditioning?

Albert was once awoken from his sleep by a white rat that fell on him. Following this incident, he began fearing all furry white objects including white fur coats and white stuffed animals. In this scenario, Albert's fear of all furry white objects is due to _____.

Biofeedback training, behavior modification, and programmed learning are all applications of__________.

Which of the following statements is true in the context of the effects of violent video games?

In a variable-interval schedule, reinforcement is provided after a _________.

__________ is an application of operant conditioning that assumes that any complex task can be broken down into a number of small steps that can be shaped individually and then combined in sequence to form the correct behavioral chain.

Teachers can learn to use __________ to reinforce children when they are behaving appropriately and, when possible, to extinguish misbehavior by ignoring it.

Which of the following statements is true about secondary reinforcers?

Holly would spank her daughter when she would chew food with her mouth open. After several instances of poor table manners, her daughter starts avoiding the kitchen table. In this example, the table is a(n) ________.

__________ is a classical conditioning procedure in which a previously neutral stimulus comes to elicit the response brought forth by a conditioned stimulus by being paired repeatedly with that conditioned stimulus.