Exam 6: Learning

In terms of the traditional view of conditioning, research on conditioned taste aversion was surprising because ​

Escape learning is a type of learning in which a(n)

At preschool, Jessi has learned that she must wash her hands before snack-time in order to get a snack. At home, however, her parents do not check to make sure she washes her hands. When she is home, Jessi does not wash her hands before eating. Jessi's behavior illustrates the process of ​

In Bandura's famous study on the power of modeling, the children who were MOST likely to play aggressively with the Bobo doll were the children who saw a film of a model behaving

Imagine eating a large bowl of ice cream. If just thinking about the ice cream causes your mouth to water, your salivation would be a(n)

In higher-order conditioning a(n) _____ functions as if it were a(n) _____.

In a(n) _____ schedule, the reinforcer is given after a fixed number of nonreinforced responses.

_____ refers to a relatively durable change in behavior or knowledge due to experience.

According to the cognitive explanation of classical conditioning, a CS that is a "good" signal associated with a US is a CS that

An antecedent in a behavior modification program is a(n)

A pigeon learns to peck at a round disk to receive reinforcement, but not at a square disk. This means that, for the pigeon, the shape of the disk is a

Explain how a specific phobia could be acquired through classical conditioning, being sure to identify the unconditioned stimulus, unconditioned response, conditioned stimulus, and conditioned response in your example. Also, using classical conditioning, indicate how the phobia could be eliminated.

Which of the following is an example of negative reinforcement?

Stimulus generalization occurs when ​

When using punishment in a self-modification program, you should

According to Skinner, the fundamental principle of operant conditioning is that organisms tend to repeat those responses that

Frederick cringes every time he hears a dentist's drill, even when he is sitting in the waiting room of his dentist's office. In this example, the pain of dental drilling is a(n)

Preparedness suggests that people would MOST easily develop phobias toward ​

Research into signal relations, response-outcome relations, and observational learning all emphasize the

Josiah checks his email several times throughout the day. Some days there is mail each time he checks; sometimes several days go by with no new messages arriving. In this example, Josiah's behavior of checking his email is being reinforced on  a _____ schedule.