Exam 7: Learning

When Anderson and Bushman had research participants play either a violent or a non-violent video game, they found that participants who had played the violent game

What was the important finding of Tolman's latent learning experiments in which rats learned to run a maze

Psychologists use the term _________ to refer to an irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation.

Bandura (1977) wrote that, "the prospects for survival would be slim indeed if one could learn only by suffering the consequences of trial and error." To what extent is this statement consistent with the views of earlier operant conditioning theorists such as Thorndike and Skinner Which perspective in today's psychology does Bandura seem to anticipate with this statement

Dr. Arceneaux wants his students to take advantage of online practice quizzes on his course site. Which of the following is the MOST effective plan to increase the number of practice quizzes completed

A bright flash automatically causes us to blink. It is a(n) ________ stimulus.

Mrs. Martin, a third-grade teacher, is instructing cursive writing. At first, she reinforces even crude attempts to reproduce letters with an encouraging word; as time goes on, though, she reinforces only well-formed letters. By reinforcing progressively better attempts at writing letters, Mrs. Martin is using:

Paychecks and grades are delivered on a ________ schedule of reinforcement.

The most distinctive characteristic of insight learning is that it:

According to your text, the average child in the U. S. has viewed ________ of murders on network TV by the time he or she graduates from elementary school.

According to your text, the behaviorists viewed the study of learning as a more scientific alternative to the use of introspection. In this instance, the behaviorists were reacting to the work of the _________ psychologists.

Garcia's taste conditioning work suggests that nature plays little role in classical conditioning.

Which of the following is the important finding in the research by Lepper et al. (1973) on the effects of reward

An irrational fear of a specific object is termed a phobia.

Which of the following scenarios exemplifies extinction

In general, _________ schedules of reinforcement yield high response rates. The highest rates are produced by _______ schedules.

Adam was badly stung by a bee once. Now he is frightened not only of bees but of all flying insects. This example illustrates ____________.

The principles of operant conditioning can shed light on social dilemmas.

The German psychologist Köhler demonstrated ________ learning among ________.

__________ occurs when a previously conditioned response decreases in frequency when the CS is presented in the absence of the US.