Exam 5: Learning

Changes controlled by a genetic blueprint, such as an increase in height or the size of the brain, are examples of ________.

Which of the following statements about learning is NOT true?

If a rat has learned to press a lever to obtain pellets of food and, all of a sudden, the response permanently ceases to produce any food, then _______ will occur.

After Pavlov's dogs became conditioned to salivate at the sound of the metronome, he experimented with sounding the metronome and then failing to present the dogs with any food right away. Soon they stopped salivating to the sound of the metronome. This represents the process called ________.

Which of the following statements is true about operant conditioning?

If a researcher presents the US first, then presents the CS, the pairing method used is _______.

While watching the evening news, you see a story about domestic abuse and wonder, "Why would anyone stay in a relationship where they are being abused?" According to Seligman, one factor that may contribute to victims staying in abusive relationships or bad marriages is _____________________.

List three potential problem outcomes of misusing punishment with children.

Give an example of each of the four schedules of partial reinforcement, and comment on which schedule would be most likely to result in lasting behavioral change.

Skinner was to rats as Thorndike was to ________.

Thorndike was known for his work with __________.

Karawynn Long attempted to toilet train her cat. The principle of learning that was in operation was ________.

Elizabeth was given a $1000 raise after her last performance evaluation. Her raise is a:

A person is conditioned to fear white rats. Soon after, she also begins to fear white cats, white dogs, and white rabbits. Her new, unconditioned fears result from _______.

You train your dog, Milo, to salivate at the sound of a bell. Then you ring the bell every five minutes and don't follow the ringing with food for Milo. He salivates less and less and finally stops salivating at all when the bell rings. But the next morning, when you ring the bell, Milo salivates! What term is used to explain the reappearance of this response?

Which of the following is a primary reinforcer?

Billy throws rocks. Each time he throws a rock, he is immediately spanked. Spanking is a ________.

The process by which experience results in a relatively permanent change in what one is capable of doing is called:

A child is praised for using his fork instead of his fingers to eat some spaghetti. This is an example of __________ reinforcement.

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 accelerated breathing when he and Sue kissed is the: