Exam 8: Learning

In the case of conditioned taste aversion, natural selection appears to work against several widely held assumptions about classical conditioning. Identify those assumptions and explain why they do not apply with taste aversion.

Sensory adaptation is not considered true learning because in sensory adaptation

What is a Skinner box?

When your friends visit, you want your dog to sit quietly rather than jumping on them as she does now. How would you accomplish this?

A stimulus presented to a person or animal that decreases the probability of a particular response is known as _______ punishment.

The best-known example of observational learning in birds is

Almost every time Angelo tries to shoot baskets, he misses the hoop; sometimes his shots miss the backboard entirely. Based on the law of effect, it is likely that Angelo will

The sudden return of a response that had formerly been habituated is called _______.

Which statement about non-associative and associative learning is true?

A kindergartener receives a gold star on a classroom chart for every three books he reads. This is an example of a _______ reinforcement schedule.

The process of _______ involves gradually training an organism to perform a specific behavior by reinforcing responses that are increasingly closer to the desired response.

Which of the following researchers is most closely associated with operant learning?

Suppose you are afraid of snakes. You become highly agitated even if you see a picture of a snake, but your fear disappears when you look away. In this case, your avoidance of snakes is being

_______ learning is hidden until it becomes useful.

Learning that occurs when one animal imitates the behavior of another animal is called _______ learning.

The gradual appearance of the CR in response to the CS alone is called _______.

You are reading a really boring assignment for another class. To motivate yourself to keep going, you promise yourself a piece of chocolate for every ten pages you read. You are using a _______ reinforcement schedule.

Any physical event that affects a sensory cell so an individual can detect the event is called

Two years ago, your community began testing the tornado siren every Wednesday at noon. The first few times, the blaring siren startled you. Now, you barely notice it. This is an example of

Your sister attempts to condition her dog to salivate at the sound of a bell. She gives the dog a biscuit and a second later rings the bell. She does this several times, but no conditioning seems to occur. Why isn't this conditioning working?