Exam 6: Conditioning and Learning

The learning theory that is best able to explain why physical punishment tends to increase aggressive behaviour in children is

If you devise a self-modification programme in which you systematically reward yourself for studying, you are applying the principles of

Fana cringes every time he hears a dentist's drill, even when he is sitting in the waiting room of his dentist's office. In this example, the pain of dental drilling is

The difference between punishment and negative reinforcement is that

When a neutral stimulus acquires the capacity to evoke a response that was originally evoked by another stimulus, the process is

Tessa really likes to mow the lawn during the summer months, but her parents will only let her mow the lawn if all the dishes are washed. Consequently, every Saturday Tessa has the table cleared and all of the dishes washed as soon as everyone has finished breakfast. In this case,

In the Little Albert experiment on conditioned emotional responses, the unconditioned stimulus was

People often incorrectly confuse punishment with ____________________.

A circus trainer wants to train a cat to pull a rope as part of an animal act. The probability that the cat will just pull a rope is very low. What technique would be the best choice to use to help the cat learn to emit the desired response?

Charity used to really enjoy potato salad, and at a family reunion she ate a large helping. Unfortunately, the potato salad had not been kept cold, and Charity became quite ill after eating it. Now she finds that even the sight of potatoes in the grocery store can make her feel sick to her stomach. In this example, the sick feeling Charity experiences when she sees potatoes in the grocery store is

Researchers have found that animals show evidence of classical conditioning if they are injected with a drug that chemically causes immunosuppression, while they are simultaneously drinking an unusual-tasting liquid. In these studies, the conditioned response would be

On Thursday morning, Charles prepared his typical breakfast of cornflakes with milk and a cup of coffee. However, instead of having guava with his breakfast, he tried eating grapefruit for the first time. At lunchtime he ate his typical lunch of tuna salad and potato chips. However, instead of having a Coke to drink with his lunch, he drank a new fruit-flavoured soft drink for the first time. During the mid-afternoon he became extremely ill. If his illness causes him to develop a conditioned response to something, which stimulus is likely to be the conditioned stimulus?

The principles of learning and conditioning have

In Pavlov's principal experiment the conditioned stimulus was the

Two processes involved in the acquisition of phobias and the tendency of phobias to show a high resistance to extinction are

Shaquille is a professional basketball player. He never knows for sure which of his shots will result in a basket, but the more shots he takes the more baskets he makes. In this example, Shaquille's shooting is being reinforced on

In classical conditioning a conditioned association is formed between a previously neutral, conditioned stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus.

Which of the following is NOT an example of punishment?

Which of the following statements about punishment is FALSE?

In the Little Albert experiment on conditioned emotional responses, the conditioned stimulus was