Exam 5: Learning

Bandura used tokens to enhance his demonstration of observational learning.

For better performance, reinforcement should be

Which of the following would not be an example of classically conditioned response?

In operant conditioning, to shape someone's behaviour means you

John Watson conditioned little Albert to be exhibit fear to a white rat and then extinguished this fear.

Which of the following is not true of a token economy?

In a ________ schedule, the first correct response made after a specific time period has elapsed brings the reward.

Money, status and praise are examples of

Carl has just had a bad experience in a restaurant. He has found a piece of dirty cloth in his soup and now whenever he drives past what used to be his favourite restaurant he feels ill. Describe what has caused his experience using the terms of classical conditioning.

The term learning applies to behaviour changes

In Overmeier and Seligman's experiment on learned helplessness, the dogs in the control group

How does a discrimination stimulus affect behaviour?

Classical conditioning is least likely to occur if the conditioned stimulus

Which of the following schedules is most likely to generate a high rate of responding, with a tendency toward brief pauses immediately after each reinforcement?

Which of the following is not an effect of media violence?

Describe how you could use a token economy to change one of your own behaviours.

After repeatedly pairing a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus, a trainer presents the conditioned stimulus alone, and the subject responds with

Taking aspirin to terminate a headache leads to

Following extinction, if a conditioned stimulus is presented at a later time, it may again evoke a conditioned response. This phenomenon is referred to as

Observational learning is particularly useful when we find ourselves in ______ situations.