Exam 6: Conditioning and Learning

When it rains, you have learned to run for cover. Your running to get out of the rain is an example of __________learning.

After Pavlov had conditioned his dogs to salivate to the bell, he repeatedly presented the bell without presenting the food. As a result, which of the following occurred?

Young children may temporarily call all men daddy , much to the embarrassment of their parents, which illustrates operant stimulus __________.

If you want a child to behave,

Learning from written language is considered a complex form of associative learning.

A relatively permanent change in behavior as a result of experience is the definition of

Greg is trying to read the paper and is becoming very frustrated with his oldest child Tommy, who is making a lot of noise near him, so he "swats" Tommy on his rear end and tells him to be quiet. Later, Tommy is fussing at his younger brother for touching his toys. Greg tells Tommy to be nice to his brother. From the learning that took place in these two situations, Tommy will most likely

In a self-management program, self-recording

In Bandura's classic Bo-Bo doll experiment, most of the children imitated

Siena wants to teach her daughter to say "Please" when she asks for something, so she decides to only comply with her daughter's request for something when her daughter says "Please." Thus, Siena's compliance to her daughter's request is

A puff of air will make your eye blink every time it hits your eye. If we sound a horn before each puff of air hits your eye several times, you will soon blink to the horn alone. Thus, blinking to the horn illustrates

Which form of learning would most likely be studied in a Skinner box?

Children who are working quietly on their homework when the hourly bell rings will be allowed to go to the play area for 10 minutes. Just before the bell is about to ring, the children become so quiet that you could hear "a pin drop" in the classroom. These children's quiet behavior occurs right before the bell because they are on which schedule of reinforcement?

If you wanted to train a dog to play the piano or a cat to turn on the living room lights, you would most likely use

Praise, approval, affection, and money are considered __________ reinforcers.

If you give an attractive classmate a ride home, you may make mental notes about how to get to his or her house, even if a date is only a remote future possibility. This illustrates

In classical conditioning, a neutral stimulus is repeatedly paired with another stimulus that naturally elicits a reflex response. This neutral stimulus will become known as the

Knowledge of results (KR)is also known as

Which of the following would most likely be acquired by classical conditioning?

A child shows fear when sitting in a dentist's chair, but does not become frightened when he is placed in the similar-looking barber's chair. Regarding the two chairs, this child is exhibiting