Exam 6: Learning

 When a stimulus that originally did not cause a particular response now begins to cause that response,____ has occurred. 

 The phase of classical conditioning during which the conditioned response is developing is often referred to as ____. 

 According to the principles of operant conditioning,when reinforcement for a behavior is stopped,____. 

 Carolyn is training her new puppy Ollie using a method called clicker training.The first step is to click a clicker and give Ollie a treat.In this case,the originally neutral stimulus is ____. 

 Which example illustrates a US-UR pair? 

 Punishing a child's misbehavior only occasionally when it occurs may mean that the behavior is actually being reinforced on a partial schedule because the child is able to "get away" with doing the behavior some of the time.This program of punishment would then have the result of making the ____. 

 Suppose a behavior that has been extinguished temporarily exhibits itself again.This would be a(n)____. 

 When a conditioned stimulus no longer produces a conditioned response,____ has occurred. 

 Felicia has learned that if she washes the dishes her roommate,Millie,will stop nagging her about them.Millie is using ____. 

 If you have developed an extreme negative reaction to chicken because it was associated with a case of the flu in your childhood,you have a ____. 

 Which type of response would not be a result of classical conditioning? 

 Classical conditioning is generally strongest when the neutral stimulus is presented ____ the unconditioned stimulus by a few ____. 

 When four year-old Barbara misbehaves,her mother has her stand in the corner for five minutes.What kind of punishment is Barbara's mother using? 

 Spontaneous recovery refers to when a(n)____. 

 It is likely that a behavior that shows cycles of high rates of response followed by low rates of response has been reinforced on a ____ schedule of reinforcement. 

 All examples of classical conditioning begin with a pre-existing relationship between the ____. 

 Robyn's father tells her if she does not practice the violin for 30 minutes every evening,she will not get computer time that evening.Robyn's father is using ____. 

 What is an example of an orienting reflex? 

 Whenever you walk into your grandparent's house,you notice the wintergreen smell of the cream they rub into their knees to relieve the pain of arthritis.However,after you have been there for a while,you no longer notice it.This is because of ____. 

 Dr.Trujillo is conducting studies on classical conditioning and experimenting on the effect of sometimes presenting the unconditioned stimulus without the neutral stimulus.She is investigating the element of ____.