Exam 6: A: Conditioning and Learning

Operant conditioning is based on

After a response has been extinguished,it will often reappear after a short time has passed.This is called

Many stores carry imitations of nationally-known products in the hopes that the positive attitudes already conditioned to the real products will also occur with these cheaper knockoffs.If these positive attitudes also occur with the cheaper knockoffs,then which of the following has occurred?

Wearing a particular tie because you get lots of compliments when you wear it illustrates

Regarding the informational view,which of the following statements is FALSE?

The reappearance of a previously extinguished response is known as

Learners actively "operate on" the environment with the reinforcer occurring after the response during

An antecedent stimulus that does not produce a response is linked with a stimulus that does produce the response in a type of learning known as

In operant conditioning,the most important aspects for the learning to take place are the

Anthony wears his lucky socks every time he has a baseball game because the socks were accidentally paired with a good RBI.Anthony's behavior is an example of

Events that occur just before a response are called

By pairing their products with pleasant images and music,advertisers often try to create positive

Which part of the brain is most involved in eye blink conditioning?

Regarding associative and cognitive learning,which of the following statements is FALSE?

In a classic experiment,Little Albert,a very young boy,was conditioned to be afraid of a white rat.He also became fearful of white furry rabbits and bearded men.This is an example of

Reinforcement that occurs when an unconditioned stimulus closely follows a conditioned stimulus is called __________ reinforcement.

The learned expectancy in classical conditioning is that the

Skinner once placed some pigeons in Skinner boxes and reinforced them with food randomly no matter what they were doing.Despite the fact that there was no real connection between their behavior and its consequences,each pigeon acted as if there were with one bird flapping its left wing,another hopping on one foot,and a third turning in complete circles.Skinner used which of the following terms to describe such behaviors that are repeated because they appear to produce reinforcement when really the behaviors are unnecessary?

Most children quickly learn to tell the difference between the voice tones of adults that are associated with punishment from those associated with praise or affection.This learned ability is called

Which of the following was NOT one of the conditions that psychologist Joseph Steinmetz found in individuals who had unusual eye blink conditioning?