Exam 7: Learning

The relation between viewing television violence and behaving aggressively is weak.

Bandura's research on modeling aggressive behavior using Bobo dolls showed which of the following

Perhaps the most influential psychologist to study operant conditioning was:

Thorndike's notion that successful responses are stamped in by experience may be seen as an early statement of Skinner's concept of:

"Responses that lead to satisfying consequences are more likely to be repeated." This is the law of:

Reinforcers that satisfy a biological need are called ________ reinforcers.

Pavlov's dogs learned to associate the appearance of a lab assistant with the sight of food. This suggests that classical conditioning involves an association between:

Which of the following is the correlation coefficient a researcher would most likely obtain between scores on a measure of exposure to media violence and scores on a measure of aggressive behavior

_________ is a type of learning in which a neutral stimulus comes to elicit a response after being paired with a stimulus that would elicit the same response naturally.

In ___________ conditioning, an existing CS may serve as a US in a pairing with a new CS.

Vending machine is to slot machine as ____________ reinforcement is to __________ reinforcement.

You have a kind of picture in your head of your hometown, a mental representation of its layout and the location of key landmarks, like rivers, buildings, freeways, and parks. This representation is called a(n):

Psychologists use the term _________ to refer to a relatively permanent change in knowledge or behavior resulting from experience.

Positive reinforcement is a more effective way to modify behavior than is punishment.

Which of the following scenarios is the best example of negative punishment

Negative reinforcement:

In Pavlov's study, the US was _______; the neutral stimulus was _________; and, finally, the CS was _________.

Punishment is a ________ effective learning mechanism than is reinforcement.

Which of the following types of consequences is CORRECTLY matched with an example

Recall Watson's famous "Give me a dozen healthy infants . . ." passage, quoted in your text. The passage expresses Watson's belief on the importance of _____.