Exam 5: Learning

While at the grocery store,Jeremy begins to throw a fit because he wants a candy bar.His mom gives him the candy bar so that he will stop screaming.Jeremy's mom has experienced ____ conditioning.

Think back to one of the many episodes of your life where you have learned through classical conditioning.Recount the learning experience,being sure to point out the different stimulus ® response components.Did you experience stimulus generalization? Has extinction occurred?

Andre is participating in a psychology study.He is sitting alone in a room and every few seconds,a bright light flashes in front of him.When the light flashes,he blinks.After a while,a phone rings right before the flash of light.Soon,Andre blinks when the phone rings.In this example,the conditioned stimulus is the ____.

Jon eats a hamburger that is contaminated with nasty bacteria.While eating the burger,Jon is watching an episode of the television show Small Wonder.Jon soon develops an aversion to hamburgers,but not to the television program,primarily because of ____.

Stephanie has learned that if she cries after being put to bed,her parents will often return and pick her up.Crying is a(n)____.

Teaching assistants are paid a meager sum of money once a month,whether they work hard or not.This type of payment plan demonstrates a ____ reinforcement schedule.

It has been rumored that campus parking enforcement officers receive a $10 bonus for every twenty tickets they write.An unnamed campus parking administrator has remarked off the record,"This ____ schedule of reinforcement keeps our officers diligent and busy."

Which is the best example of vicarious conditioning?

Nic is terrified of going to the dentist office because of the discomfort and pain he has experienced before.The last time Nic had a tooth pulled,he locked his eyes onto his dentist's white coat.Now when Nic sees someone in a white coat,he becomes afraid because the white coat predicts the?experience of pain.This example best demonstrates ____.

Which statement about cultural differences in scholastic achievement is true?

Carolyn knows a couple of tall people who happen to also be arrogant.Because of this,she tends to act negatively toward anyone who she sees as being tall.Carolyn's behavior is the result of ____.

Explain the various types of intermittent schedules of reinforcement and how rates of responding differ for the different schedules.

Recently,Callie's calculus TA has started having Callie's class form small groups and work on solving problems,rather than just lecturing to them for the whole class session.Callie thinks that this method of teaching makes her think more deeply about the material than when she just sits and takes notes.Callie's TA is using ____ as an instructional method.

Penelope watches her mother shell a peanut before eating it.She then picks up a peanut and begins to peel away the shell,too.This is an example of ____.

When Imelda was young,she was fascinated by shoe commercials on TV.She was particularly impressed by how happy people seemed to be when buying shoes.As an adult,Imelda goes shopping for shoes every chance she gets.This is an example of ____.

Kong is scared to death of bananas and banana peels.However,he watches others eat bananas and receive a rewarding piece of candy every time they throw their banana peel away.Eventually,Kong begins to eat bananas and throw the peels away.Kong has learned this through ____.

Jane has just begun teaching Psychology 100 and wants her students to participate during class.She hopes that discussing the material,doing writing tasks,and working in small groups will help her students understand the material better.Jane is attempting to use ____ in her class.

Austin is a very aggressive child who watches a lot of violent programs on television.Research has found a statistically significant,positive correlation between watching television and behaving aggressively.Based on this correlational evidence,which statement is true about Austin's aggression?

During every pay period that Shauna is not late to work,she gets a bonus added to her paycheck.As a result,Shauna is never late to work.The extra money added to her paycheck is a(n)____,

Gretchen absolutely loves going to school.Her teacher uses enjoyable teaching methods,such as small-group problem-solving tasks,discussion of mini-essays written in class,and short review sessions of the previous half hour of class.Gretchen's teacher is obviously taking a(n)____ approach.