Exam 7: Learning and Behaviour

Leslie was in a car accident during a rain storm. Now whenever she must drive during the rain, even when it is only a sprinkle, she gets nervous. This response is likely due to

An organism is said to extinguish when its behaviour is no longer reinforced.

What happens if the UCS is as likely to occur in the presence of the CS as in its absence?

Explain how an organism acquires a classically conditioned response.

Skinner introduced a number of innovations in the research on behaviour analysis, including

Behaviour-analytic research has shown that insight is a uniquely human trait that involves the sudden solution to a problem after first contemplating possible solutions.

__________ involves the termination of a __________ stimulus.

Behavioural research suggests that insight

Blocking occurs because the second CS

A pigeon has been trained to peck a dark red disk for food reinforcement. When the colour of the disk is switched to a lighter shade of red, the bird, at first, pecks infrequently. Soon, though, the pigeon pecks the disk at the rate at which it was pecking the darker disk. The pigeon's behaviour an example of

When humans and pigeons searched for hidden targets in a square of changing size,

Learning by observation will not occur without external forms of reinforcement.

Not reacting to the door when the phone rings (but reacting to the phone) and not reacting to the phone when the door bell rings (but reacting to the door bell) are examples of

Which of the following is FALSE regarding long-term habituation?

All of the following are classical conditioning procedures that will produce only weak conditioning of the CR, EXCEPT

Fixed-interval and fixed-ratio schedules are similar in that both produce

In classical conditioning, generalization of a response will be greatest to stimuli that

When Colin was young he was stung by a bee and had a severe allergic reaction. Now, many years later, whenever he hears a buzzing sound (including when people imitate a buzzing sound), he becomes nervous and panics. In this example, the conditional response is

Learning theorists now consider the idea of a Map as a useful metaphor for spatial learning, suggesting that the nervous system uses a similar construct to guide our navigations.

The psychologist who is formally credited with discovering what is now known as operant conditioning is