Exam 6: Conditioning and Learning.

In the textbook example entitled "Shaping a Teacher," psychology students would look interested in the teacher's lecture when she was standing on the right side of the room, and they would look bored when she was standing on the left side.The students were shaping the teacher's behavior using __________reinforcers.

Learned reactions worsen many cases of hypertension.For example, traffic jams and arguments with a spouse can trigger a dangerous rise in blood pressure because these situations have become

Skinner once placed some pigeons in Skinner boxes and reinforced them with food randomly no matter what they were doing.Despite the fact that there was no real connection between their behavior and its consequences, each pigeon acted as if there were with one bird flapping its left wing, another hopping on one foot, and a third turning in complete circles.Skinner used which of the following terms to describe such behaviors that are repeated because they appear to produce reinforcement when really the behaviors are unnecessary?

Many people start tensing up during a horror movie whenever they hear a familiar tune because this tune is always associated with a character being in danger.This situation illustrates

Because three-year-old Susie was scratched by her neighbor's furry black cat, she developed a phobia for the cat as well as becoming fearful of any black, furry object, including her mother's black fake fur hat.Susie's fear of her mother's hat and any other furry black object demonstrates

Once a new response is tried, normal reinforcement or feedback determines whether it will be repeated thereafter.This is true for both observational learning, or modeling, and for

When punishing a child or adolescent, it is important to

After a response has been extinguished, it will often reappear after a short time has passed.This is referred to as a(n)__________.

Which form of learning would most likely be studied in a Skinner box?

Which of the following types of learning involves involuntary responses and passive responding by the animal or person?

Regarding self-recording, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Fatima sees her four-year-old son spontaneously picking up his toys.If she wishes for her son to continue this behavior, she should

You go through a series of steps in making a six-tier wedding cake with the "oohs" and "ahhs" of the wedding guests and your payment being the reinforcement for the numerous steps you completed in this example of a(n)__________.

Regarding latent learning, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Taking away a teen's privileges or using time out with younger children are examples of

Jamal works for a department store that pays him $50 for every three bicycles he assembles; thus, Jamal is on a variable interval schedule of reinforcement.

Another name for response cost is

Because taking a drug reduces withdrawal symptoms, taking the drug is

An internal representation of a relationship that acts as a guide would be referred to as a(n)

If you wear sunglasses to escape the glare of the sun, then you are wearing the sunglasses because of __________reinforcement.