Exam 7: Learning From Experience

You are watching a pigeon pecking a key for food reinforcement.The pigeon pecks slowly right after food has been delivered, but gradually increases the rate of pecking as more time elapses.Based on what is known about the pattern of responding produced by various schedules of reinforcement, you should conclude that the reinforcement schedule that is in place for this pigeon is a:

In classical conditioning, extinction refers to:

Which of the following best fits the technical definition of learning?

Randy had to write an essay and discuss it with his teacher because he said an obscene word in class.His teacher was frustrated when Randy's use of obscenity became more frequent in spite of being made to write an essay and talk to the teacher each time.In this example, writing the essay and talking to the teacher must be:

According to the theory that drug tolerance develops through classical conditioning, the body:

There is a clear parallel between the law of effect and observational learning, the difference being that during observational learning:

Generally, habituation is more likely when a repeated stimulus is mild in intensity.

According to the cognitive view of classical conditioning:

A few seconds before your new clock radio sounds its alarm, it makes a tiny click.You've recently noticed that you wake up right after the click and before the alarm, even though you previously never woke up to anything but the alarm itself.The click is acting as:

Which of the following statements is true regarding learning in humans?

With operant conditioning, a continuous reinforcement schedule is one in which:

Robin sells cars at an auto dealership, and she earns a commission for each car that she sells.Based on what is known about schedules of reinforcement, you should conclude that Robin's car selling is being reinforced based on a:

Researchers studying learned taste aversions among chemotherapy recipients have found associations are particularly likely to form between nausea and:

According to the theory of operant conditioning, when the presentation of a stimulus, after a response has occurred, increases the likelihood of the response's occurring again, the process that is at work is referred to as:

Outline how extinction of a conditioned response occurs.Explain what is meant by spontaneous recovery of a conditioned response.

According to B.F.Skinner, the ____________________ sets the occasion for a response to be rewarded.

Money is an example of a:

According to the theory of operant conditioning, ____________________ refers to when a stimulus is presented after a response has occurred and this act increases the likelihood of the response's occurring again.

Research has shown that the most effective classical conditioning association will form when the unconditioned stimulus occurs:

Every time Harriet cried, her mother would immediately pick her up.Now Harriet is a real crybaby.Based on what is known about operant conditioning, you should conclude that for Harriet, being picked up acted as: