Exam 6: Conditioning and Learning

Taking away a teen's privileges or using time out with younger children are examples of

While "playing" with a lighted candle, a child burned her finger. The candle flame, thus, becomes a conditioned fear stimulus with the child also developing a healthy fear of other flames, such as those from matches, lighters, fireplaces, and stoves. This fear of other flames developed because of

Jorge's mother scolds him for reaching for his third before-dinner cookie. After this mild punishment, Jorge's behavior will probably

Regarding pain, frustration, and punishment, which of the following statements is FALSE?

The blinking of your eye to a puff of air would be a good example of a(n)

Learning your way through the various levels of a video game requires that you develop which of the following regarding this video game?

Wearing a particular tie because you get lots of compliments when you wear it illustrates

A dog is placed in a two-compartment cage and is shocked while in one of the compartments. The dog quickly learns to jump to the other compartment. This reflects __________learning.

Tyler's a 12-year-old child who is frequently punished by his father, often lies about his whereabouts, and stays at a friend's house rather than going home. Tyler is demonstrating avoidance learning.

When parents belittle, scream at, or physically abuse their children, the parents, themselves, become associated with fear and withdrawal. Thus, the parents would be considered

Because you fed your dog table scraps while sitting at the kitchen table, your dog began to jump up and beg for scraps whenever you were eating dinner at the kitchen table. Lately, your dog has also begun to jump up and beg for scraps whenever you sit at any table or desk in the house. Your dog is exhibiting

In classical conditioning, learning is evident when a

When a reward or other pleasant event follows a response, which of the following is being used?

In Pavlov's experiments with dogs, the unconditioned response was the

David is a recovering alcoholic. He has not had a drink in eight months. David has avoided parties where alcohol is served, found new friends who do not drink and stayed away from bars. Of the strategies listed in your text for breaking a bad habit, David is using the one involving

One thing that reinforcement and punishment have in common is that both

As a coffee lover, you have become very efficient at carrying out the steps necessary to make a cup of espresso. Your learning is an example of

Barnabus the rat learned a complex series of behaviors, including climbing a staircase, pulling a toy car, wriggling through a tube, and then pressing a lever, in order to receive a food pellet. This complex series of behavior illustrates the use of

To be effective, punishment should be

Skinner once placed some pigeons in Skinner boxes and reinforced them with food randomly no matter what they were doing. Despite the fact that there was no real connection between their behavior and its consequences, each pigeon acted as if there were with one bird flapping its left wing, another hopping on one foot, and a third turning in complete circles. Skinner used which of the following terms to describe such behaviors that are repeated because they appear to produce reinforcement when really the behaviors are unnecessary?