Exam 6: Conditioning and Learning.

Which of the following concepts explains how many Americans were traumatized as a consequence of watching media coverage of the September 11th terrorist attacks?

If you give an attractive classmate a ride home, you may make mental notes about how to get to his or her house, even if a date is only a remote future possibility.This illustrates

Classical conditioning is most often used to condition

If a reinforcer is only given after a desired response has occurred, the reinforcer is said to be

Which of the following tends to develop when children are ignored for playing quietly, but are given attention in the form of scolding for "showing off," breaking something, or throwing a temper tantrum?

In classical conditioning, which of the following extends learning one or more steps beyond the original conditioned stimulus?

Discuss the research regarding the effect of violent video games, including the results of early and more recent studies, the reasons why video games may increase the probability of aggression, and why violent media affects younger children differently than adolescents and adults.

Compared to discovery learning, learning by rote tends to produce a better understanding of new problems.

In one experiment, children watched either live models or films of a person or cartoon character hitting an inflatable doll ("Bo-Bo the Clown" doll).What happened when they had the opportunity to play with the same doll?

When parents belittle, scream at, or physically abuse their children, the parents, themselves, become associated with fear and withdrawal.Thus, the parents would be considered

The removal of a pleasant state of affairs that reduces the frequency of a target behavior is referred to as response cost, or

Elizabeth no longer has a difficult time finding her way around the new mall because after several visits she has developed which of the following to help her navigate the mall?

Two-year-old Lance reaches toward a stove burner.His mother should

Those who advocate the information view of conditioning believe the end product of conditioning to be

By a continuous reinforcement schedule, we mean that

The feelings of fear that occur during a conditioned emotional response are produced by the amygdala, which is part of the

Reinforcement in operant conditioning is most effective when it is

Which of the following would be LEAST likely to lose its effectiveness as a reinforcer for a child learning to do household chores?

If you wear a particular tie and gets lots of compliments, you are more likely to wear this tie more often.This illustrates

If you try to avoid, narrow down, or remove stimuli that elicit the bad habit, you are breaking this bad habit using the strategy that involves