Exam 5: Learning

Alan always turns the aquarium light on before putting fish food into the tank. After a while, he notices that the fish swim to the top to look for the food as soon as he turns on the light. In this example, the ________ is the unconditioned stimulus.

A negative reinforcer is a stimulus that is ________ and, thus ________ the probability of a response.

Taste aversions seem to be specific examples of what type of learning?

Jody failed repeatedly in college algebra. Finally, she gave up and was seriously considering dropping out of college. One day, her best friend offered to personally help her if she signed up for college algebra again, but she refused. What concept might explain her reluctance?

Sue noticed that whenever she opened the door to the pantry, her dog would come into the kitchen and act hungry, by drooling and whining. She thought that because the dog food was stored in the pantry, the sound of the door had become a(n) ________.

The abbreviation CS stands for ________.

The spread of conditioning to stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus is called:

Perry works at a job where he is paid by commission. For every car Perry sells, he gets 10% of the profits. Perry is being reinforced on a _______ schedule.

A procedure used to teach a whole behavior by first training its parts is called:

Describe what occurs when the conditioned stimulus is presented over and over again without the unconditioned stimulus.

According to B. F. Skinner, negative reinforcement of a response makes you more likely to continue to make that response.

Bob has learned that he can usually get what he wants from his parents if he keeps whining for something. One day Bob starts whining in the toy store because he wants a GI Joe action figure. His father refuses to give it to him and ignores his whining. What will happen?

As she walked through her neighborhood, Jodie, a 6 year old girl, frequently saw a large brown dog. She repeatedly walked to the dog to pet it, but as her hand approached the animal, it barked and bit her. The bite was painful and caused her to cry. Now Jodie cries when she sees dogs of any color or size. In the example, the dog's bark and bite is the:

The "aha!" moment that indicates insight learning was first hypothesized by Tolman.

Biofeedback training is an application that uses the principles of operant conditioning.

Shaping is achieved through:

Pavlov placed meat powder in the mouths of dogs, and they began to salivate. The food acted as a (an) ________.

Stimulus discrimination:

What has occurred when there is a decrease in the likelihood or rate of a target response?

The tendency to respond to a stimulus that is similar to the original conditioned stimulus is called ________.