Exam 6: Learning

When a teacher uses a fixed interval schedule for quizzes (e.g., every Friday), this usually encourages students to _____.

B.F.Skinner conducted an experiment that suggested that a behavior that is repeated because it is thought to cause a desired effect, even when there is no connection between the behavior and the effect, is called _____.

Which of the following pairs occur in higher order conditioning?

After Little Albert was classically conditioned to fear the laboratory rat, if he did not show fear to similar furry animals or objects, this would demonstrate he process of

What is the most basic difference between a punisher and a reinforcer?

An outcome of an action that increases the probability that the response will be repeated is called _____.

Garcia and his colleagues taught coyotes to avoid sheep by pairing a nausea-inducing drug with freshly killed sheep eaten by the coyotes.This is an example of _____.

You aimlessly wander the mall nearly every weekend without buying anything.When a mother with a child asks you where the nearest toy store is, you know exactly where to direct her.This is an example of _____.

Bandura's observational learning studies focused on how ____.

According to your text, research has shown that exposure to media portrayals of demeaning and stereotypical roles for minorities and women _____.

Your textbook discusses several potential problems associated with the use of punishment.They include all but which of the following?

A Skinner box is the name for the _____.

An outcome of an action that decreases the probability that the response will be repeated is called _____.

In an experiment, laboratory rats were classically conditioned to get sick after drinking sweetened water that was paired with a drug that compromises immune response.These rats continued to die after the experiment because of the conditioned response to the sweetened water alone.Which conclusion can be drawn from this research?

When satisfying consequences happen to someone, the probability of repeating the behavior that occurred before the satisfying consequence increases.This best illustrates

The BEST definition of a cognitive map is _____.

Although Henrietta extinguished her fear of spiders several months ago, she suddenly gasped in horror and felt her heart pounding when she saw an itsy-bitsy spider crawling up the water spout in her back yard.This is an example of _____.

_____ conditioning occurs when a neutral stimulus becomes associated with an unconditioned stimulus to elicit a conditioned response.

A mental representation of a three-dimensional space that can be used to execute later processes is called a(n)________.

___________neurons are believed to be responsible for human empathy and imitation.