Exam 7: Learning From Experience

Daniel is a hunter, and he is out in a duck blind watching for ducks flying overhead.Based on what is known about schedules of reinforcement, you should conclude that Daniel's watching behavior is likely to be reinforced based on a:

Observational learning involves:

Alice developed a fear of the water when she fell out of a canoe two summers ago.Then she took swimming lessons and she thought she had finally overcome her fear of water.Alice was eagerly looking forward to an upcoming vacation at the lake.However, as soon as she stepped back into a canoe, she was instantly terrified again.The reappearance of Alice's fear of water illustrates the classical conditioning process referred to as:

Golda used to really enjoy potato salad, and at a family reunion she ate a large helping.Unfortunately, the potato salad had not been kept cold, and Golda became quite ill after eating it.Now she finds that even the sight of potato salad in the school cafeteria can make her feel sick to her stomach.In this example of classical conditioning, the sight of potato salad in the school cafeteria is:

Kylee has a desk right next to her manager's office.Whenever her manager is in his office, Kylee makes sure that she works hard at her computer.However, if her manager is away from his office, she often works much more slowly and takes more breaks.Based on what is known about operant conditioning, you should conclude that the manager being in his office is acting as:

Modeling may involve:

"Little Albert" was an infant in a study of stimulus generalization conducted by:

The law of effect states that:

The procedure of extinction involves the conditioned stimulus's being presented repeatedly, after conditioning, but it is no longer followed by the unconditioned stimulus.