Exam 5: Learning

When Pavlov placed meat powder or other food in the mouths of canine subjects, they began to salivate. The salivation was a(n) ________.

What would you predict about Little Albert based on the principle of spontaneous recovery?

Which type of learning occurs when we observe how other people act?

Under what circumstances will a reinforcer make the target response more likely to occur again?

A Skinner box is most likely to be used in research on ________.

Pavlov placed food in the mouths of the dogs, and they began to salivate. Pavlov's student noticed that after a few days the dogs began to salivate at the sound of the student's footsteps. The salivation to the sound of the footsteps was a ________.

Professor Rochelle told her students that if her door was closed it meant that she was unavailable to them and would be angry if they knocked on her door. But if her door was open, it meant that she was in a rare good mood and would answer questions at that time. Professor Rochelle's door being open was a ________ for ________.

After a CS comes to elicit the CR, the CS now can be paired with a new neutral stimulus and this second neutral stimulus will start to elicit a CR. This process is called ________.

A camp leader repeatedly hugs a camper after she helps her friend. Each time, the camper is embarrassed and shies away from future acts of assistance. In the example, "Hugging the camper" is _______.

A child is scolded for using his fingers instead of his fork to eat some spaghetti. The scolding stops when he picks up his fork. This is an example of _______ reinforcement.

Corky's mouth waters when he sees Ball Park Franks, but not when he sees other brands of franks. This response is known as:

Abigail is trying to figure out how she can BEST use employee pay to shape her employees' behavior. She is interested in short-term productivity (speed), not consistency, long-term productivity, or employee turnover. According to reinforcement theory, she should probably use a _______ schedule.

Classical conditioning was discovered by:

Give an example of an unconditioned response.

Learning is said to be a relatively permanent change in behavior because ________.

What is spontaneous recovery in classical conditioning?

Scott works at a job where he is paid a salary every 2 weeks. Scott is being reinforced on a _______ schedule.

A change in behavior that is relatively permanent and brought about by experience is commonly referred to by psychologists as acquisition behavior.

Why is money such a powerful secondary reinforcer? Why isn't it a primary reinforcer?

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. The work of what psychologist is most relevant to their discussions?