Exam 6: Learning

Tina's eyes water every time she chops onions.Her response is an example of a:

Rose is in an abusive relationship with Dan,who is physically violent with her and has injured her seriously more than once.Despite this,Rose has never been able to stop him or leave him.Rose was also abused by her step-father as a child.Rose's inability to put up a fight with Dan is most likely the result of _____ in operant conditioning.

Which of the following scenarios exemplifies a fixed mindset in the context of psychological constraints in learning?

_____ refers to the use of operant conditioning principles to change human behavior.

In operant conditioning,_____ means performing a reinforced behavior in a different situation.

Operant conditioning is a form of learning that _____.

One very powerful aspect of potentially stressful experiences is their predictability.

Which of the following is true of classical conditioning?

In Pavlov's studies on classical conditioning,the bell was a(n)_____ before it was paired with the food.

Positive reinforcement in operant conditioning _____.

Marcia and John were married for eleven years before John passed away.Following his death,Marcia left her home and city because everything reminded her of John.Many years later,Marcia happened to meet a man,her new colleague,who smelled of the cologne that John always wore.Even after so many years,Marcia was drawn to this man because he reminded her of John.In this scenario,Marcia's reawakened feelings are an example of _____ in classical conditioning.

Jill decides to study harder in class after seeing her teacher praise her classmate,Ricky,for doing well on a test.In the context of observational learning,this scenario best exemplifies learning through _____.

The psychologist who used puzzle boxes in his experiments to establish the power of consequences in determining voluntary behavior was _____.

In the context of psychological constraints in learning,define the term mindset and distinguish between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset.Which would you prefer to have and why?

In Pavlov's experiments on classical conditioning,the dog began to associate the sound of the bell with the food and salivated when it heard the bell because the bell had become a(n)_____.

Which of the following statements about taste aversion learning is true?

In John B.Watson and Rosalie Rayner's demonstration of the role of classical conditioning in the development of fears,little Albert learned to fear a white rat.In this study,the white rat was the _____.

Which of the following scenarios best illustrates Tolman's views on purposive behavior?

_____ in operant conditioning refers to the removal of a stimulus following a given behavior in order to decrease the frequency of that behavior.

Joseph,a three-year-old boy,is afraid of the doctor who gave him a shot and made him cry.Consequently,whenever Joseph sees a person in a white laboratory coat,he starts crying.In this scenario,Joseph's behavior best exemplifies _____.