Exam 7: Learning From Experience

A month ago, the person who has the office cubicle next to Elle started to use a scented plug-in air freshener at her desk.At first Elle found the sweet smell from the air freshener was somewhat overpowering, but now she has become accustomed to the scent and usually doesn't even notice it.Elle's change in responsiveness illustrates the learning process known as:

In conditioned inhibition, one learns that an event signals the ____________________ of the unconditioned stimulus.

In classical conditioning, the response that is acquired after learning occurs is the ____________________ response.

Blocking occurs because the new stimulus:

According to the theory of ____________________, when a reinforcement or punishment is presented after a response has occurred, the reinforcement or punishment can increase or decrease the likelihood of the response occurring again.

With operant conditioning, if a response will only be reinforced after a specified, unchanging period of time has elapsed, the type of reinforcement schedule that is in place is referred to as a:

In learning theory, ____________________ refers to when a behavioral response becomes weaker after an individual observes a model being punished for the same behavior.

Felix the cat used to jump on the Andersons' old couch every chance he got.Last week the Andersons bought a new couch, and every time Felix jumped up on the couch, he got hit with a newspaper.Felix quickly stopped jumping on the couch.Based on what is known about operant conditioning, you should conclude that for Felix, being hit with the newspaper acted as a:

Classical conditioning involves learning:

We rely on simple learning processes such as habituation to help:

Another term for operant conditioning is ____________________ conditioning.

In learning theory, vicarious punishment refers to when a behavioral response becomes ____________________ after an individual observes a model being punished for the same behavior.

In classical conditioning, blocking refers to the process when a new stimulus produces a response similar to the one already produced by conditioned stimulus.

In ____________________, we learn that actions, rather than a conditioned stimulus, leads to outcomes.

Having watched the plumber fix the toilet last time, Dora was able to fix it this time.This illustrates:

According to the theory of operant conditioning, when the removal of a stimulus, after a response has occurred, decreases the likelihood of the response occurring again, the process is referred to as:

Sophie is stuffing envelopes for a marketing firm.She receives $1.00 for every 50 envelopes she stuffs.Based on what is known about schedules of reinforcement, you should conclude that Sophie's envelope stuffing is reinforced on:

When asked how they taught their children to be so polite, Dee and Sam replied, "We make sure we are polite to everyone when the children are around." Dee and Sam are using:

With operant conditioning, a stimulus that has acquired reinforcing properties through prior learning is referred to as a:

Stimuli are ____________________ if their reinforcing properties are acquired through learning.