Exam 5: Learning

What must be paired together for classical conditioning to occur?

Which of the following would serve as a primary reinforcer for most people?

"If a response is followed by a pleasurable consequence, it will tend to be repeated. If a response is followed by an unpleasant consequence, it will tend not to be repeated." This is a statement of __________.

During your very first visit to your campus, you probably needed a map to get around efficiently. However, a little while later you no longer needed the map, because __________ had occurred.

Which of the following is a secondary reinforcer?

During the cold winter, you have stopped taking your dog for walks. What's more, your dog has gotten used to the fact that when you accidentally rattle his leash, he isn't going for a walk, and subsequently he doesn't come running to the front door. What has occurred?

Jalen cannot sleep because he is terribly worried about his research paper. So Jalen decides to get out of bed and continue working on the paper. Although he stays up till nearly 3a.m., he is relieved that it is done and easily falls off to sleep. In the future, Jalen will be more likely to finish his work before going to bed so that he can avoid the worry and sleeplessness. Such behavior is an example of __________.

Which of the following is an example of learning?

The process by which experience or practice results in a relatively permanent change in behavior or potential behavior is known as __________.

A pigeon learns to peck only at a red disk. It will not peck at an identical disk of any other color. This illustrates the concept of __________.

Who was Little Albert?

By pairing the ringing of a bell with the presentation of meat, Pavlov trained dogs to salivate to the sound of a bell even when no meat was presented. In this experiment, the ringing of the bell was the __________.

By pairing the ringing of a bell with the presentation of meat, Pavlov trained dogs to salivate to the sound of a bell even when no meat was presented. In this experiment, salivation to the meat was the __________.

When a CS is repeatedly presented by itself, __________ will occur.

The Gestalt psychologist who was the pioneer of insight problem solving was __________.

Taste aversions seem to be specific examples of what type of learning?

Describe what occurs when the conditioned stimulus is presented over and over again without the unconditioned stimulus.

Bandura's studies found that learning can take place without actual performance. What is this referred to as?

Watson's experiment with Little Albert demonstrated that fears might be __________.

In classical conditioning, one must be sure to pair the __________.