Exam 6: Learning

April wants to teach her cat not to claw at the arms of her couch. She will be MOST successful in reducing the cat's scratching behavior if she uses

Imagine a husband and wife asking Bandura for advice on how they should teach their young child to say "please" and "thank you." Which of the following would Bandura be MOST likely to suggest? ​

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, ​

Every time Brianna does the dishes, her parents give her a dollar. Which of the following types of reinforcement are Brianna's parents using?

Food is an example of a ____; praise is an example of a ____.

While Pavlov and Skinner viewed conditioning as a purely _____ process, learning psychologists today view conditioning as also containing a(n) _____ component. ​

A cue light comes on in a dog's shuttle box prompting the dog to jump the hurdle to the other side before a shock is administered. Which of the following procedures is being used?

When a response is strengthened because it is followed by the removal of an aversive stimulus, it is called

In operant conditioning, _____ are events that typically precede the target response.

Pavlov found that meat powder placed on a dog's tongue will make the dog salivate. In Pavlov's terms, the meat powder is a(n)

Immediately after being reinforced, a rat on which of the following schedules of reinforcement would show the LONGEST pause before its next response?

If a dog salivates to a blue light and not to a yellow light, the dog is showing evidence of ​

Darrel was dancing with his new girlfriend at an Elvis tribute. When the band started playing, "Can't Help Falling in Love with You," his girlfriend gave him a long, passionate kiss, which Darrel found very enjoyable. Now Darrel finds that every time he hears "Can't Help Falling in Love with You" on the radio, he becomes mildly excited. In this example, the long, passionate kiss is a(n)

_____ stimuli are cues that influence operant behavior by indicating the probable consequences (reinforcement or nonreinforcement) of a response.

The reappearance of a conditioned response after extinction and a period of rest is called ​

Negative reinforcement _____ the rate of a response; punishment _____ the rate of a response. ​

The type of learning in which voluntary responses come to be controlled by their consequences is ​

Anthony classically conditioned his cat to purr whenever the phone rang. One day, the phone rang for nearly two hours straight when Anthony wasn't home, and the cat's conditioned purring response underwent extinction. Today, the response has spontaneously recovered, but if the conditioned purring response were to undergo extinction again, Anthony should expect that it will

Bart developed a fear of flying when he was piloting a small plane through some severe turbulence. He has been seeing a therapist, and it appears that his fear response has been successfully extinguished. The therapist used a flight simulator to help Bart practice his piloting skills in a safe setting. However, the first time Bart stepped back into a real plane, his fear returned. This example illustrates the phenomenon known as

Jane was ridiculed at school for wearing a particular style of shirt. Now, she no longer wears that style of shirt to school. Being ridiculed is an example of ​