Exam 6: Conditioning and Learning.

A formal agreement stating behaviors to be changed and consequences that apply is known as a(n)__________.

The first correct response made after a set time period has passed is reinforced with responses made during the time period not being reinforced.This statement describes which schedule of reinforcement?

When using the three tools to control behavior, it is usually best to begin

The type of learning that involves voluntary responses with the animal or person emitting a response is called __________ conditioning.

Responses are usually suppressed by

Which of the following behaviors is the LEAST likely to reoccur?

Animals who learned to press a bar in a Skinner box showed NO signs of learning if the food reward followed a bar press by more than __________seconds.

A parent who relies heavily on the use of physical punishment for aggressive behavior in the home should be aware that this child-rearing practice is more likely to produce

Intracranial self-stimulation is a very powerful reinforcer because it activates the same pleasure pathways in the brain that are activated by natural __________ reinforcers.

Regarding televised violence, which of the following statements is FALSE?

According to the partial reinforcement effect, acquiring a response through partial reinforcement makes the response

A teenager can expect to borrow the car if he has his homework and chores completed, while he can expect not to "get the keys" if he has not completed his homework and chores.This illustrates

In Russia, Ivan Pavlov discovered __________conditioning.

In a classic experiment, two groups of rats explored a maze with the first group being rewarded with food at the end of the maze, while the second group wandered the maze but were unrewarded and showed no signs of learning.But later, when the "uneducated" rats were given food, they ran the maze as quickly as the rewarded group.The unrewarded animals had nevertheless learned their way around the maze because

Tomas and Eric have both developed a habit of walking over to each other's offices when they want to take a break from their work.However these breaks have increasingly gotten longer and louder because they enjoy talking to each other.Recently both Tomas and Eric have had to take more and more work home to finish plus getting the "evil eye" stare from the boss several times.Tomas and Eric have decided to only see each other at lunch and after work and to not go to each other's offices unless it is required by office business.By doing this, Tomas and Eric have removed the reinforcement for "hanging out" at the office and also increased their productivity during working hours.This strategy for breaking bad habits is known as

A key element underlying cognitive learning is

Internal images or other mental representations of an area (maze, city, campus, etc.)that underlie an ability to choose alternative paths to the same goal is a(n)

Which of the following is NOT a strategy mentioned in your textbook for changing bad habits?

A phobia is best interpreted as a

Many stores carry imitations of nationally-known products in the hopes that the positive attitudes already conditioned to the real products will also occur with these cheaper knockoffs.If these positive attitudes also occur with the cheaper knockoffs, then which of the following has occurred?