Exam 6: Learning

What is the fundamental characteristic of operant conditioning that sets it apart from classical conditioning?

The Premack principle explains why:

Negative reinforcement and negative punishment are similar in that both:

What type of learning occurs when one's behavior is modified simply through exposure to others performing a behavior?

Golf course owners put their sprinklers on a _____ schedule so that people can know when they can play on the course without getting wet.

For what area of research did Ivan Pavlov receive the Nobel Prize?

Positive reinforcement and positive punishment are similar in that both:

Gambling on a slot machine involves rewards on a _____ schedule.

As discussed in the text,in the fear conditioning of Little Albert,John B.Watson used the following stimuli:

Token economies are an example of the ways mental hospitals and other training centers use:

What is the term for the cultural transmission of knowledge from one generation to another?

In _____,learning occurs when two types of events are paired closely in time.

The first time you pick up your pet hamster it recoils in fear,but after a week of handling,your hamster is not bothered anymore.What change came over your hamster through the simple act of repetitive handling?

What neuronal process does the NMDA receptor facilitate?

What is an unconditioned response?

According to Watson's famous quote regarding the rearing of children,if given a dozen infants and control of their world,he could:

In Pavlov's experiments,what was the conditioned response?

If you were a professor,how would you best get your students to study regularly?

Reinforcement is to punishment as _____ is to _____.

You are conducting an informal study in which,for a month,you play a particular song for your best friend right before you serve dinner to her.Eventually,you play the song,and then wait to see how your friend responds.She begins to salivate and says she has hunger pains.In this scenario,what is the conditioned stimulus?