Question 1

Regarding punishment, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Punishment is a poor choice to use when teaching children to eat politely or during toilet training. 
B)  People and situations associated with punishment often become feared or disliked. 
C)  The use of punishment tends to significantly decrease aggressiveness in children. 
D)  Intense punishment may permanently suppress responding, even for actions as basic as eating. 
A)  Punishment is a poor choice to use when teaching children to eat politely or during toilet training. 
B)  People and situations associated with punishment often become feared or disliked. 
C)  The use of punishment tends to significantly decrease aggressiveness in children. 
D)  Intense punishment may permanently suppress responding, even for actions as basic as eating.

Question 2

Every time you have a cold, you take a cold remedy to get rid of the symptoms.You are taking the medicine because of

Accepted Answer

A)  response cost. 
B)  extinction. 
C)  positive reinforcement. 
D)  negative reinforcement. 
A)  response cost. 
B)  extinction. 
C)  positive reinforcement. 
D)  negative reinforcement.

Question 3

Regarding observational learning studies, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Children tend to blindly imitate adult role models. 
B)  Observational learning only prepares a person to duplicate a response. 
C)  Actual imitation depends on whether the model was rewarded or punished for what was done. 
D)  Children tend to imitate what their parents do, and not what they say. 
A)  Children tend to blindly imitate adult role models. 
B)  Observational learning only prepares a person to duplicate a response. 
C)  Actual imitation depends on whether the model was rewarded or punished for what was done. 
D)  Children tend to imitate what their parents do, and not what they say.

Question 4

A child who is a model of behavior when his parents are present, but who becomes uncontrollable when the babysitter arrives, is demonstrating

Accepted Answer

A)  operant stimulus discrimination. 
B)  the power of delayed reinforcement. 
C)  classical conditioning. 
D)  operant stimulus generalization. 
A)  operant stimulus discrimination. 
B)  the power of delayed reinforcement. 
C)  classical conditioning. 
D)  operant stimulus generalization.

Question 5

Agricultural workers are paid according to the number of barrels of apples they pick.They are on which schedule of reinforcement?

Accepted Answer

A)  fixed ratio 
B)  fixed interval 
C)  variable ratio 
D)  variable interval 
A)  fixed ratio 
B)  fixed interval 
C)  variable ratio 
D)  variable interval

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT a primary reinforcer?

Accepted Answer

A)  intracranial self-stimulation 
B)  psychoactive drug 
C)  money 
D)  sex 
A)  intracranial self-stimulation 
B)  psychoactive drug 
C)  money 
D)  sex

Question 7

Even though you do not plan to be a teacher, you make mental notes of the way your teacher handles the class or explains a certain topic because it might come in handy one day.These mental notes you are making illustrate

Accepted Answer

A)  instrumental learning. 
B)  latent learning. 
C)  covert conditioning. 
D)  respondent conditioning. 
A)  instrumental learning. 
B)  latent learning. 
C)  covert conditioning. 
D)  respondent conditioning.

Question 8

Barry is making a decision concerning which job he will accept.He remembers how it was in similar jobs in the past and anticipates potential rewards and problems on each of these jobs.Like all humans, Barry's decision making is greatly affected by information, expectations, and his perceptions and demonstrates the impact of

Accepted Answer

A)  operant conditioning. 
B)  vicarious classical conditioning. 
C)  cognitive learning. 
D)  instrumental learning. 
A)  operant conditioning. 
B)  vicarious classical conditioning. 
C)  cognitive learning. 
D)  instrumental learning.

Question 9

One thing that reinforcement and punishment have in common is that both

Accepted Answer

A)  produce positive transfer. 
B)  act as generalized rewards for learning. 
C)  are less effective if they are delayed. 
D)  are necessary for biofeedback training to be effective. 
A)  produce positive transfer. 
B)  act as generalized rewards for learning. 
C)  are less effective if they are delayed. 
D)  are necessary for biofeedback training to be effective.

Question 10

After the successful extinction of your son's whining for a toy while you are shopping, you go shopping several weeks later and he begins to whine for a toy as if he is "just checking to see if the rules have changed back." This situation illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)  shaping. 
B)  spontaneous recovery. 
C)  stimulus generalization. 
D)  stimulus discrimination. 
A)  shaping. 
B)  spontaneous recovery. 
C)  stimulus generalization. 
D)  stimulus discrimination.

Question 11

Which of the following types of associative learning is also known as instrumental learning and can be used to alter your own behavior and the behavior of pets, children, and other adults?

Accepted Answer

A)  respondent conditioning 
B)  operant conditioning 
C)  classical conditioning 
D)  Pavlovian conditioning 
A)  respondent conditioning 
B)  operant conditioning 
C)  classical conditioning 
D)  Pavlovian conditioning

Question 12

A strategy for breaking bad habits that involves trying to get the same reinforcement using a new response is known as the strategy of

Accepted Answer

A)  alternate responses. 
B)  breaking up response chains. 
C)  cues and antecedents. 
D)  extinction. 
A)  alternate responses. 
B)  breaking up response chains. 
C)  cues and antecedents. 
D)  extinction.

Question 13

Which of the following lets students work at their own pace and provides frequent feedback to keep learners from practicing errors?

Accepted Answer

A)  programmed instruction 
B)  latent learning 
C)  variable interval scheduling 
D)  vicarious learning 
A)  programmed instruction 
B)  latent learning 
C)  variable interval scheduling 
D)  vicarious learning

Question 14

If a person is on a FR-6 schedule, he or she will receive a reinforcer

Accepted Answer

A)  continuously. 
B)  on the average of every sixth correct response. 
C)  after making exactly six correct responses. 
D)  six times for every correct response. 
A)  continuously. 
B)  on the average of every sixth correct response. 
C)  after making exactly six correct responses. 
D)  six times for every correct response.

Question 15

Which of the following involves any process in which information is imparted by example and allows the observer to skip the tedious trial-and-error stage of learning?

Accepted Answer

A)  classical learning 
B)  modeling 
C)  operant conditioning 
D)  response chaining 
A)  classical learning 
B)  modeling 
C)  operant conditioning 
D)  response chaining

Question 16

Learning by consequences occurs during

Accepted Answer

A)  respondent conditioning. 
B)  insight learning. 
C)  classical conditioning. 
D)  operant conditioning. 
A)  respondent conditioning. 
B)  insight learning. 
C)  classical conditioning. 
D)  operant conditioning.

Question 17

Rhonda has always gotten people's attention by acting "silly," but she wants to get out of this habit.So, she practices intelligent but interesting "starter" conversations to keep people's attention.Rhonda is using which strategy for breaking a bad habit?

Accepted Answer

A)  breaking up response chains 
B)  cues and antecedents 
C)  alternate responses 
D)  extinction 
A)  breaking up response chains 
B)  cues and antecedents 
C)  alternate responses 
D)  extinction

Question 18

Preschoolers Jordan and Dennis were throwing sticks at other students on the playground, so their teacher made them sit on the sidewalk for five minutes, taking them away from the fun activities on the playground.Their teacher was using

Accepted Answer

A)  negative reinforcement. 
B)  aversive conditioning. 
C)  positive punishment. 
D)  negative punishment. 
A)  negative reinforcement. 
B)  aversive conditioning. 
C)  positive punishment. 
D)  negative punishment.

Question 19

Social reinforcers consist of

Accepted Answer

A)  primary and secondary reinforcers. 
B)  knowledge and ability. 
C)  the learned desires for attention and approval. 
D)  positive environment stimuli and a lack of punishment. 
A)  primary and secondary reinforcers. 
B)  knowledge and ability. 
C)  the learned desires for attention and approval. 
D)  positive environment stimuli and a lack of punishment.

Question 20

You locate a vending machine and deposit your last bit of change to buy a candy bar.Then you press the button, and nothing happens.You press the other buttons, try the coin return, and look for an attendant.Still nothing happens.Impulsively, you give the machine a little kick, and out pops a candy bar plus 75 cents.Because your kick produced food and money, the odds of repeating the "kicking response" increase.This situation illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)  classical conditioning. 
B)  vicarious conditioning. 
C)  the law of association. 
D)  the law of effect. 
A)  classical conditioning. 
B)  vicarious conditioning. 
C)  the law of association. 
D)  the law of effect.

Regarding punishment, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Every time you have a cold, you take a cold remedy to get rid of the symptoms.You are taking the medicine because of

Regarding observational learning studies, which of the following statements is FALSE?

A child who is a model of behavior when his parents are present, but who becomes uncontrollable when the babysitter arrives, is demonstrating

Agricultural workers are paid according to the number of barrels of apples they pick.They are on which schedule of reinforcement?

Which of the following is NOT a primary reinforcer?

Even though you do not plan to be a teacher, you make mental notes of the way your teacher handles the class or explains a certain topic because it might come in handy one day.These mental notes you are making illustrate

One thing that reinforcement and punishment have in common is that both

After the successful extinction of your son's whining for a toy while you are shopping, you go shopping several weeks later and he begins to whine for a toy as if he is "just checking to see if the rules have changed back." This situation illustrates

Which of the following types of associative learning is also known as instrumental learning and can be used to alter your own behavior and the behavior of pets, children, and other adults?

A strategy for breaking bad habits that involves trying to get the same reinforcement using a new response is known as the strategy of

Which of the following lets students work at their own pace and provides frequent feedback to keep learners from practicing errors?

If a person is on a FR-6 schedule, he or she will receive a reinforcer

Which of the following involves any process in which information is imparted by example and allows the observer to skip the tedious trial-and-error stage of learning?

Learning by consequences occurs during

Rhonda has always gotten people's attention by acting "silly," but she wants to get out of this habit.So, she practices intelligent but interesting "starter" conversations to keep people's attention.Rhonda is using which strategy for breaking a bad habit?

Preschoolers Jordan and Dennis were throwing sticks at other students on the playground, so their teacher made them sit on the sidewalk for five minutes, taking them away from the fun activities on the playground.Their teacher was using

Social reinforcers consist of

Psychology, Critical Thinking, and Science

Brain and Behavior.

Human Development

Sensation and Perception.

States of Consciousness.

Memory.

Cognition, Language, and Creativity.

Intelligence.

Motivation and Emotion.

Sex, Gender, and Sexuality.

Personality.

Health, Stress, and Coping.

Psychological Disorders.

Therapies.

Social Thinking and Social Influence.

Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior.

Applied Psychology.

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Exam 6: Conditioning and Learning.

Regarding punishment, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Every time you have a cold, you take a cold remedy to get rid of the symptoms.You are taking the medicine because of

Regarding observational learning studies, which of the following statements is FALSE?

A child who is a model of behavior when his parents are present, but who becomes uncontrollable when the babysitter arrives, is demonstrating

Agricultural workers are paid according to the number of barrels of apples they pick.They are on which schedule of reinforcement?

Which of the following is NOT a primary reinforcer?

Even though you do not plan to be a teacher, you make mental notes of the way your teacher handles the class or explains a certain topic because it might come in handy one day.These mental notes you are making illustrate

One thing that reinforcement and punishment have in common is that both

After the successful extinction of your son's whining for a toy while you are shopping, you go shopping several weeks later and he begins to whine for a toy as if he is "just checking to see if the rules have changed back." This situation illustrates

Which of the following types of associative learning is also known as instrumental learning and can be used to alter your own behavior and the behavior of pets, children, and other adults?

A strategy for breaking bad habits that involves trying to get the same reinforcement using a new response is known as the strategy of

Which of the following lets students work at their own pace and provides frequent feedback to keep learners from practicing errors?

If a person is on a FR-6 schedule, he or she will receive a reinforcer

Which of the following involves any process in which information is imparted by example and allows the observer to skip the tedious trial-and-error stage of learning?

Learning by consequences occurs during

Rhonda has always gotten people's attention by acting "silly," but she wants to get out of this habit.So, she practices intelligent but interesting "starter" conversations to keep people's attention.Rhonda is using which strategy for breaking a bad habit?

Preschoolers Jordan and Dennis were throwing sticks at other students on the playground, so their teacher made them sit on the sidewalk for five minutes, taking them away from the fun activities on the playground.Their teacher was using

Social reinforcers consist of

Psychology, Critical Thinking, and Science

Brain and Behavior.

Human Development

Sensation and Perception.

States of Consciousness.

Memory.

Cognition, Language, and Creativity.

Intelligence.

Motivation and Emotion.

Sex, Gender, and Sexuality.

Personality.

Health, Stress, and Coping.

Psychological Disorders.

Therapies.

Social Thinking and Social Influence.

Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior.

Applied Psychology.

Filters