Exam 7: Theories of Appetitive and Aversive Conditioning

______ theory contends that specific choices are determined by alternatives perceived to be the best at the time,while ______ contends that individual choices depend on which choice produces the shortest delay in receiving the next reinforcement.

In general,animals and humans operate more on which model?

Joe is anticipating receiving a chocolate ice cream cone for good behavior in class.Which part of Joe's brain is being activated for this anticipation?

According to ______,reinforcement is any activity whose probability of occurring is greater than that of the reinforced activity.

Which brain structure responds to the desirability of different choices?

For Estes,the primary mechanism of punishment is ______.

In 2 days,you will have to take a difficult exam.However,right now there is a great television show on that you've wanted to watch.According to the matching law,what will your behavior be ?

In the acquisition of an avoidance response,______.

The ______ encodes for the probability and value of success of a choice,while the ______ responds based on the desirability of different choices.

Individuals often go to Burger King.According to Skinner,what would be reinforcing if it increased the frequency of going to Burger King?

Animals will respond in a manner that allows them to be as close to a blisspoint as possible.

According to Mowrer,the first stage avoidance behavior is ______.

For Guthrie,punishment was suppressed behavior only if the response elicited by the punishment is ______ the punished behavior.

According to ______ theory,specific choices are determined by alternatives perceived to be most attractive at the moment.

Which of the following is correct?

A rat is allowed to perform two different behaviors: Behavior A and Behavior B.The level at which the rat performs both behaviors is called ______.

Matching law assumes that when an animal has access to different schedules of reinforcement,the animal allocates its response in proportion to the level of reinforcement available on each schedule.

In grade school children,coloring is a higher probability behavior than doing arithmetic problems.To get children to complete the arithmetic problems,one should ______.

An animal is placed in a two-choice experiment.They can push either Lever A on a FR-2 schedule or Lever B on FR-4 schedule.When observing the animal,what will occur?

A pigeon receives reinforcement 1 s following pecking on Key A,while pecking on Key B provides reinforcement after 3 s.According to the matching law,how much pecking should occur on Key A?