Exam 6: Aversive Control of Behavior

Drugs that block histone deacetylation (HDAC) have been shown to:

Recent neural studies suggest that learned helplessness techniques may contribute to depression by:

Giving an organism another way to obtain reinforcement will:

When an aversive consequence is delivered to an individual, one possible side effect is that they retaliate in an aggressive manner toward the individual. This type of retaliatory behavior is known as:

Which of the following environmental changes most influences responding during a timeout from avoidance procedure?

Contingencies of punishment:

Skinner (1953) reported a game played by sailors in the 18th century. The game involved:

Considering evidence gained by experimental behavior analysis, introducing spanking at a low intensity and gradually increasing intensity:

In terms of operant-respondent interactions, persistence, and avoidance:

The procedure of nondiscriminative avoidance is also called _______.

Which of the following learning situations would most likely result in the fastest acquisition of avoidance behavior?

The time between shocks or the ______ interval and the time away from shocks produced by responses or the _____ interval are two aspects of escape and avoidance.

All of the following are limitations to the use of retrospective studies for understanding the relation between childhood physical punishment and adult psychiatric conditions, except:

Francine is disruptive to the class by talking to the students around her. The classroom teacher asks Francine to move to the far corner of the classroom, away from other students. This is an example of:

With regard to respondent aggression, Ulrich and Azrin (1962) found that the probability of attack for any single shock:

With regards to epigenetic influences on fear conditioning, HAT enzymes have been found to:

As you are walking to class, you hear a classmate yell, "Give me my water, you stupid vending machine!" This is most likely:

If an organism emits an alternate behavior, that behavior can be seen as a(n) ____ if it occurs during punishment, and a(n) ____ if it prevents punishment.

Berton and colleagues (2006) found that the regulation of avoidance behavior in mice confronted by an aversive social target requires BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor) from the:

Which of the following behavioral principles is most likely the explanation for why it is difficult to keep people taking preventative medicines?