Exam 6: Learning

"Why did she yell at the man?" "She yelled because she was angry." "How do you know she was angry?" "I could tell because she was yelling." This exchange is an example of

Pavlov believed that classical conditioning occurs if and only if the CS and the US are

Rats drink saccharin-flavored water while also seeing bright lights and hearing loud noises.Almost at once,they receive an electric shock to their feet.As a result of this experience,what do they avoid?

Negative reinforcement is a procedure in which a response

An individual receives a reinforcement for the first response after a 1-minute interval,but not again until the next 1-minute interval has passed.This is an example of which type of schedule of reinforcement?

In Pavlov's experiment the __________ was similar to the __________.

Behaviorism began,in part,as a protest against psychologists who tried to study

You scan the night sky looking for meteors.Sometimes there is a brief time period between meteors,but sometimes you have to wait for a long time after seeing a meteor until another one appears.This is an example of which type of schedule of reinforcement?

In classical conditioning the conditioned response is always

A slow but steady rate of responding is most characteristic of behavior reinforced on a __________ schedule.

Nine-year-old Kristen spends her summer days pretty much however she wants.On most days she reads for 1 hour,plays outside for 2 hours,and watches TV for 3 hours.Today,however,she has read for 2 hours,played outside for 1 hour,and watched TV for 4 hours.According to the disequilibrium principle,which of the three would be the strongest reinforcer for her right now?

In classical conditioning,responding decreases in both ____________________ and ____________________. forgetting,extinction or extinction,forgetting

Every time that Susie comes home from school,she drops her keys loudly in a bowl in the kitchen and then opens a can of cat food for her cat,Mabel.After two weeks of this behavior,Mabel begins salivating every time that she hears Susie's keys.Identify the UCS,UCR,CS,and CR.

In a classical conditioning experiment,a tone is followed by a puff of air to the eyes.After several repetitions,subjects blink their eyes when they hear the tone.The tone is the

A dog wags its tail whenever it sees its master.If this is a learned response,what would the dog have to do in order to demonstrate stimulus generalization?

In a classical conditioning experiment,an animal associates a light (CS)with a shock (UCS).Then it receives the light and a tone (another CS)at the same time,followed by the UCS.It will display a strong conditioned response to

Applied behavior analysis makes extensive use of the principles of

In an experiment on classical conditioning,the training may go through three steps.If so,the only possible order of those steps is:

The ability of a stimulus to encourage some responses and discourage others is known as

Another name for negative punishment is ____________________. omission training