Exam 6: C: Conditioning and Learning

In a recent study,college students played a very violent video game (Mortal Kombat)or a nonviolent one (PGA Tournament Golf)and then competed with another student (actually an actor)in a task that allowed aggression and retaliation to take place.Which of the following were more likely to aggress by punishing their competitor?

In an experiment,the discovery learning group of students was encouraged to see that a "piece" of parallelogram could be "moved" to create a rectangle,while the rote learning group memorized the height times base formula.The results of the experiment demonstrated that

Which of the following is an effective recommendation for the use of punishment?

Which type of learning tends to lead to a better understanding of new or unusual problems?

A critical variable in determining whether modeled behavior will be imitated is

The drawbacks of using punishment become more of a problem as the punishment

Punishment is often a bad idea in modifying behavior because it

Elizabeth no longer has a difficult time finding her way around the new mall because after several visits she has developed which of the following to help her navigate the mall?

"After visiting Chattanooga,Tennessee last summer,I can imagine the layout of the city in my mind." This is an example of

Regarding televised aggression,which of the following statements is FALSE?

In a shuttle box,a dog hears a buzzer and then receives an electric shock through the floor of the box.The dog will learn to fear the buzzer because the buzzer is associated with shock.Thus,this fear of the buzzer developed through

As you enter the grocery store,your little daughter Marta spots a toy at the front of the store and begins to beg for it.According to the textbook,your best course of action would be to

Mary wants to increase the amount of time that she studies each night for school.Which of the following should NOT be a part of her behavioral self-management plan?

Which of the following does NOT belong with the other three?

In one classic experiment,children learned to hit a "Bo-Bo Clown" doll

Brian's parents use frequent punishment for his misbehavior at home.Which of the following is most likely to be true?

Memory,thinking,problem-solving,and the use of concepts and language are all involved in

Compared to learning by rote,discovery learning

Which of the following is NOT required for observational learning to take place?

Many skills,such as playing a musical instrument,cake decorating,or learning to bat a baseball,are learned by what Albert Bandura called