Exam 5: Learning

Which of the following would be most appropriate for the use of biofeedback procedures?

For observational learning to occur, each of the following must happen EXCEPT ______.

The idea that learning occurs and is stored up, even when behaviors are not reinforced, is called ________.

Describe Pavlov's classical conditioning studies in terms of the UCS, UCR, CS, CR and his results. Briefly discuss two examples of classical conditioning in your own life, naming the UCS, UCR, CS, and CR.

A child who calls all four-legged animals "dogs" is exhibiting ______.

Rescorla's modern conceptualization of classical conditioning is based on the idea that ________.

The abbreviation UCR stands for ________.

A farmer is being troubled by coyotes eating his sheep. In an attempt to solve the problem, he kills a sheep and laces its body with a nausea-inducing drug. He leaves the sheep out where he knows the coyotes roam. He hopes they will learn to not eat the sheep. The farmer is attempting to apply the research of ________ et al. (1989) to accomplish this.

Which of the following statements is true?

Every time Maricella goes to work in the morning, she notices that her dog sulks in the corner of the room and looks very sad. Over several weeks, she notices that the dog gets unhappy when she picks up her car keys, immediately before leaving the house. Which phenomenon of learning best describes the dog's behavior?

Secondary reinforcers differ from primary reinforcers in that secondary reinforcers ________.

If a POSITIVE REINFORCER is added after a behavior and the behavior is strengthened/increased, the process used is called:

The "aha!" experience is known as ________.

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. Jodie's crying when she sees dogs is the:

When the CS is repeatedly presented in the absence of the UCS, the CR will "die out" in a process called ________.

According to the law of effect, a behavior is MOST likely to be stamped in, or repeated, when it is __________ .

Learning that occurs but is not immediately reflected in a behavior change is called __________.

On a fixed-ratio schedule, reinforcement is given ________.

Michael grows up in a home where his father is generally unloving toward his mother. He observes his father yell and degrade his mother, and he notices that his mother never resists this treatment. Based on the work of Bandura, what might we predict about Michael's own relationships when he is older?

How did the research of Taylor, Manganello, Lee, and Rice (2010) differ substantially from those who had come before in the exploration of the impact of spanking on children?