Exam 6: Learning

Whenever baby Colin cries, his mother picks him up. This stops Colin from crying. In turn, this makes Colin's mother pick him up more often. In this example, his mother picking him up Serves as a ________ reinforcer for Colin. Colin stopping crying is a ________ reinforcer For the mother.

When using positive punishment as a means of discipline, the word positive indicates

When wild Arctic wolves hunt, their efforts are only sometimes reinforced because finding food is difficult. The fact that the wolves are only sometimes reinforced for hunting is an Example of ________ reinforcement.

Alanna knows that a startling noise will always make people blink their eyes. Alanna has learned to associate a soft blue light with a startling noise, causing her to blink when she sees The soft blue light. When she blinks after seeing the soft blue light, she is showing a(n)

During the famous experiment with "Little Albert," Albert learned to fear rats when researchers used classical conditioning and presented a

Shonda wants to train her dog to roll over and is unsure of how to use reinforcement to teach her dog this new trick. A) Describe continuous and partial reinforcement and give one advantage of using each. B) Describe each of the four schedules of partial reinforcement. C) Which schedule of partial reinforcement should Shonda choose to use if she wants to create the highest rate of response in the shortest amount of time? Which should she use if she wants to create the most consistent rate of response?

Shawn's daughter Violet has just started to crawl. Shawn is worried that Violet will start to play with the electrical outlet plugs. A) Define classical conditioning. B) Describe how Shawn might use classical conditioning to make Violet afraid of touching the electrical outlets. Be specific and include a description of each of the four steps of conditioning for this particular situation.

Shanna wants to use an observational study to explore how classical conditioning works. Before beginning her own study, it would be most helpful for Shanna to read about ________'s research.

Eleanor wants to use classical conditioning to teach her students to run to the closet when the "intruder alert" sounds at their school. To be successful, Eleanor must begin the learning process with a(n)

At a football game, you cannot help but feel excited whenever your team scores a touchdown. Because this is an unlearned response, in terms of classical conditioning, it would be called a(n)

Joseph uses classical conditioning to teach his sister to be afraid of squirrels. To be successful, he must pair the neutral stimulus, the squirrel, with a(n) ________, such as ________.

You want to teach your dog to stop scratching at the door when he wants to go out. You do so by swatting his nose with a newspaper each time he scratches the door. By creating Consequences for your dog's behavior, you have used ________ to train him.

Channing believes that the best way to get his boyfriend to clean up after himself is by offering dessert as soon as his boyfriend cleans up the apartment. Channing knows that Dessert is a ________ reinforcer that will likely ________ the probability that his boyfriend Will clean the apartment in the future.

A cat is classically conditioned to purr when it hears the refrigerator door open, because it contains the cat food. But the cat does not purr when it hears the pantry door open. The fact that the cat only purrs when the refrigerator door opens is most likely a result of