Exam 5: Learning

Cognitive-social theory argues that _____ affects whether a behavior is going to occur.

Raccoons have been getting into my garbage and making a mess. A person at the hardware store tells me of a chemical that I can spray on my garbage. The chemical makes the raccoons sick soon after eating my garbage and that makes them avoid my garbage cans. This is an example of:

You are sitting in a class and a student repeatedly clears her throat. At first you are annoyed by the other student's behavior. However, after a short period of time, you don't even hear her do it anymore. You have undergone:

Every time you order cafe mocha from the local coffee shop you get a card stamped. Every few months, the coffee shop has a sale, for which you can bring your card in for a free mocha. What type of schedule of reinforcement is this?

In _____ conditioning, it is thought that the CS ìpredictsî the UCS.

Which of the following is true of preparedness?

The _____ is the notion that learned behavior is affected by the effect of that behavior on the environment and the consequences on that animal.

The idea of behavior being influenced by one's locus of control was originally proposed by:

A behavior that has been partially reinforced is:

The most important law of association, according to Aristotle, is the principle of:

In a study described in your textbook, participants saw a picture of either a beige or a blue pen. At the same time, they listened to either familiar American music or unfamiliar non-American music. The results of the study showed that:

Aristotle proposed the law of _____, which proposes that two events will be associated if they are experienced close together in time.

What kind of learning can be achieved through classical conditioning?

Behaviorists believe that the association learned in classical conditioning is between the:

According to the textbook, which is a reason not to use punishment?

A decrease in the strength of a response after repeated presentations of the stimulus is called:

Behaviors that are elicited automatically by a stimulus in the environment are referred to as:

In operant conditioning, when a response has been extinguished:

An experimenter trains a guinea pig to perform a series of behaviors. The experimenter starts with one behavior and then connects to that behavior another behavior. The process is continued until the animal performs the entire series of behaviors. This technique is referred to as:

In certain high schools, if you misbehave, you could be paddled. This would be an example of: