Exam 6: Conditioning and Learning.

A college professor who gives daily quizzes, grades them immediately, and returns them with the errors and corrected answers shown is

If the sound of a clap occurs just before a puff of air is delivered to the eye, the person will, after several repetitions, learn to blink to the sound of the clap.Blinking to the sound of the clap would be considered a

Which of the following might serve as a secondary reinforcer?

A "behavioral contract" is a(n)

Which type of reinforcers gain their ability to promote learning because they are associated with primary reinforcers or can be exchanged for primary reinforcers?

A type of reinforcer in which the reward is attention or approval from others is called a __________ reinforcer.

Primary reinforcers are characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

Food, water, pain reduction, sex, and brain stimulation have in common the fact that all are __________ reinforcers.

In which type of learning are reflex responses associated with new stimuli?

Mitzi is extremely afraid of cats because she was badly scratched by one when she was younger.Abby is also afraid of cats, although she has never been scratched by one.However, Abby's mother is also afraid of cats. ​ (a)Explain the way that Mitzi developed her phobia, using the US, UR, CS, and CR. (b)Explain the way Abby developed her phobia. (c)Describe how both of these women could overcome their phobias.

Wearing a particular hat because you got lots of compliments illustrates the form of learning known as classical conditioning.

Richard tells his new joke to three different people, and each one of them laughs.Because telling the joke led to laughter, which Richard enjoys, Richard will be more likely to tell this joke to other people.This situation illustrates

When we remove an unpleasant event by making a response, we experience

Three-year-old Josh has been classically conditioned to salivate to a bell.We now clap our hands and then ring the bell.Little Josh will soon learn to salivate when we clap our hands because of

Which of the following is a learned reinforcer that often gains its reinforcing properties by its association with food, water, sex, or pain reduction?

Which of the following schedules of reinforcement produces a slow, steady response rate with a tremendous resistance to extinction?

Continuous reinforcement is more resistant to extinction than partial reinforcement.

In classical conditioning, the most important aspects for the learning to take place are the

Learning from written language is considered a complex form of associative learning.

Regarding punishment, which of the following statements is FALSE?