Exam 6: Conditioning and Learning

Drawbacks to punishment include all of the following EXCEPT that

Every other response will be rewarded when an animal is on a(n)__________ schedule.

When we remove an unpleasant event by making a response, we experience

Whether we drive our car across an intersection depends on whether the traffic light is red or green, which illustrates the principle of __________.

The first grade teacher gives students stickers when they perform well. If they earn five stickers in one day they are exempt from homework. The stickers in this example could also be called

After a child learns how to use the toilet at home, he is able to use the toilet at daycare and in public restrooms. This illustrates

Programmed instruction in book form and computer-assisted instruction (CAI)

We pick up phones that are ringing, but rarely answer phones that are silent. This is an example of

In a behavioral self-management program, self-recording tends to encourage desirable behaviors because people tend to react to being observed, even when they are the ones watching their own behavior.

In one experiment, children watched either live models or films of a person or cartoon character hitting an inflatable doll ("Bo-Bo the Clown" doll). What happened when they had the opportunity to play with the same doll?

Unlocking the secrets of associative learning begins with noting

Time-out is an example of negative punishment, which is also called __________.

Repeatedly presenting the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus will result in

One of the reasons you had labs in your science courses in high school was to allow you to perform experiments that fostered your understanding of the scientific principles. The use of these science labs to gain insight into the various scientific principles is an example of

Requiring a resistant child to eat half of each of the foods on his dinner plate before receiving a favorite dessert is an example of

For optimal conditioning, the minimum delay between the CS and US should be

Select a behavior that you would like to increase or decrease; and describe how you would set up a behavioral self-management program for this behavior.

Operant conditioning is based on

Events that occur just before a response are called

Which of the following decreases the likelihood that the response will occur again by initiating discomfort?