Exam 5: Learning

The removal of an unpleasant stimulus after a desired behaviour has occurred

Punishment is most effective when it is given

A neutral stimulus that becomes reinforcing after repeated pairings with other reinforcers is

Alexi has conditioned Yuri to salivate when a red light is presented. To which of the following colours of light is Yuri most likely to salivate?

A stimulus that signals whether a certain response or behaviour is likely to be followed by reward or punishment is called a

Which of the following is not a limitation of punishment?

Learning is the only type of change in performance that results in a permanent change.

Classical conditioning was most thoroughly researched by

What is observational learning?

The dog in Pavlov's experiment, that only salivated when the original-and no other-bell was rung, had shown the ability to

What was Pavlov's major contribution to psychology?

Experience causes learning if it results in a

What three factors increase the effectiveness of punishment?

Whenever Hosea thinks about eating jalepeño peppers, his mouth waters as if he is about to eat them. At first, he was having this reaction only when he smelled the food that he normally eats with them. This kind of conditioning is called

Ideally, punishment should be the minimum necessary to suppress the problem behaviour

Define shaping and explain how parents use shaping techniques in rearing children.

Which of the following is an example of a primary reinforcer?

Conditioning occurs most quickly when the unconditioned stimulus and the conditioned stimulus occur at the same time.

In operant conditioning, the consequences of behaviour are manipulated to increase or decrease the frequency of a response or to shape an entirely new response.