Exam 10: Generalization, Discrimination, and Stimulus

When generalization is based on abstract rather than physical features, it is called generalization.

In the Dweck and Repucci study, teachers asked students to work on unsolvable problems, and then on problems that could be solved.They failed to solve the second set of problems, but were able to solve similar problems when the problems were presented .

The hypothetical finding in item 10 is called .

The effects of reinforcement generalize, but not the effects of extinction and punishment.

In their study, Dweck and Repucci had teachers give students unsolvable problems, and then problems that could be solved.The result was that the students .

Pigeons that have learned to peck a disk when two lights of the same color come on, and not when the lights differ, can be said to have learned a concept.

A dog learns to salivate at the sound of a soft buzzer, but not at the sound of a loud buzzer.After training, the dog is presented with buzzers of various volumes.You predict that the dog will salivate most in response to a buzzer that is . +

If a person smokes a pack of cigarettes a day, in a year cigarette smoking is reinforced .

Spence's theory anticipated the discovery of the peak shift phenomenon.

Providing different consequences for different responses can enhance discrimination training.This finding is called the .

During World War II, thousands of American citizens of Japanese descent were imprisoned in this country though their only "crime" was that they resembled the enemy.

The kind of generalization discussed in your text is .

Jennifer O'Donnell suggests that a stimulus that indicates a behavior will be punished should be designated by .

Describe the role that semantic generalization may play in prejudices.

How could a speech teacher encourage oratorical skills to generalize outside of the classroom?

When Little Joey, now six months old, cries, Martha can tell what he needs even before she goes to him. Martha's skill is an example of .

Frederica believes that generalization occurs because of a lack of experience with stimuli that differ from + The S )Frederica is probably most comfortable with the theory of generalization and discrimination Proposed by .

Discuss the DOE and its implications for discrimination training.

Howard studied hard for his math test and found that what he learned helped him on his physics test. Howard benefited from .

Sometimes generalization is based on the meaning of a stimulus.This is called .