Exam 5: Learning

By pairing the ringing of a bell with the presentation of meat, Pavlov trained dogs to salivate to the sound of a bell even when no meat was presented. In this experiment, salivation to the meat was the _______.

When Joe thinks about his sorely missed girlfriend he drinks alcohol, which helps dull his feelings. This best illustrates:

A young child watches her mother make pancakes. She wants to please her mother so she pays attention. However, when she goes to make them on her own, she can't break the eggs for the batter without making a terrible mess and dropping them on the floor, no matter how hard she tries. Her attempt failed because of a problem with which part of the necessary components for observational learning?

After graduating from college, you are hired to work in a factory as an industrial psychologist. The workers put together iPads. They can either be paid by the hour or by the number of iPads they put together in a day. You decide that you will do the latter (pay by the number of iPads put together). According to Skinner, you have put the workers on a fixed-ratio schedule.

Bobby and Sue were parked at Lover's Lane. When Bobby kissed Sue, his breathing accelerated. Sue always wore Chanel #5 when she went out with Bobby. Bobby's faster breathing rate when he smells Chanel #5 is the:

Reinforcing behaviors that more closely resemble a final, terminal behavior is called:

When Casey opens the closet door to get some dog food, her dog salivates. What is the conditioned stimulus in this example?

A Congressional hearing is taking place in Washington, DC. The representatives are discussing whether the portrayals of violence on children's TV shows are perhaps contributing to the violence we see in schools today. What psychological process are the representatives probably considering as the reason that TV influences school violence?

Bandura's seminal study of observational learning involved watching children and their interactions with Bobo dolls.

Changing behavior through the reinforcement of partial responses is called _______.

If a dog salivates when it sees a green light or a yellow light, it is exhibiting ________.

Denise is grounded for coming home after curfew. Additionally, her parents have taken away her cell phone for a month. Losing her cell phone privileges is an example of

There are two kinds of behavior that all organisms are capable of doing. If Inez blinks her eyes because a gnat flies close to them, that's ________. But if she then swats at the gnat, that's _________.

Which of the following statements about positive reinforcers is accurate?

Fred is afraid of spiders. He won't even watch a nature show on TV about them. When he sees a picture of a spider, he has a panic attack, but when he avoids looking at the image, his panic goes away. Fred's avoidance of spiders is being ________.

In order to treat a child's attention problems in a classroom, a technique that uses the EEG and video game-style technology called ________ has been employed.

A person receiving a monthly salary is on a:

Cognitive maps are:

Which of the following is an example of punishment?

Conditioned taste aversions are an example of something called __________.