Exam 6: Conditioning and Learning

To produce extinction in the traditional Pavlovian experiment, an experimenter would present the

During modeling, once a new response is tried, normal reinforcement or feedback determines whether it will be repeated thereafter.

Classical conditioning and operant conditioning are two types of __________ learning.

Whenever Aria is angry with her son and daughter, she slaps them in the face. She has been using this type of harsh punishment excessively for the last two years. This type of punishment

Which schedule of reinforcement involves reinforcement being given for the first correct response made after a varied amount of time has passed since the last reinforced response?

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

Just satisfying curiosity can be enough to reward latent learning.

You go through a series of steps in making a six-tier wedding cake with the "oohs" and "ahhs" of the wedding guests and your payment being the reinforcement for the numerous steps you completed in this example of __________.

Every time Mac's dog heard the sound of the electric can opener he began to salivate because he associated the sound with the food. In this example, the dog's salivation to the sound of the can opener would be the unconditioned response.

In Pavlov's experiments with dogs, salivation to the bell was the

A core assumption of early theories of associative learning was that learning did not require any thinking, or cognition. Animals, it was widely assumed, did not have "minds" and certainly could not "think" in anyway like humans do. A classic series of studies conducted in the 1930s at the University of California at Berkeley, began to challenge this assumption. These experiments that involved rats finding their way through mazes and which demonstrated latent learning were conducted by psychologist

Ashleigh, who is three, has learned that when she hears a truck pull into the driveway, it means that Daddy is home. This event of hearing the truck precedes Ashleigh's response of running to the door to see her Daddy and would be considered a(n) __________.

Gordon wears the same blue shirt to class each time he has a major test because he believes that wearing that shirt will assure him an "A" just like he got on the first test when he was wearing this blue shirt. This illustrates

Many people start tensing up during a horror movie whenever they hear a familiar tune because this tune is always associated with a character being in danger. This illustrates a(n) __________, or CER.

Discuss the research regarding the effect of violent video games, including the results of recent studies, the reasons why video games may increase the probability of aggression, and why violent media affects younger children differently than adolescents and adults.

The Premack principle states that activities you like doing, such as watching television, can serve as reinforcers for activities that you want to increase, such as studying more.

Describe what changes constitute learning and what changes do not, distinguish between associative learning and cognitive learning, list the two types of associative learning, and explain the importance of antecedents and consequences for each type.

To observe conditioning, one could ring a bell and squirt lemon juice into Johnny's mouth. By repeating this procedure several times, you could condition Johnny to salivate to the bell. Conditioning will be most rapid if the US follows immediately after the CS. In this example, the CS would be

Regarding televised violence, which of the following statements is FALSE?

You may be unaware of some of the reinforcers that are changing your own behavior. In fact, such automatic associative learning is a hallmark of __________ processing.