Exam 6: B: Learning

If you are using "shaping" to increase the likelihood that a child will put away all his toys,what would you need to do each time the child does a better job of putting away his toys than he did previously

What has been demonstrated by research examining the long-term effects of media violence

What is the major difference between responses that are relevant to classical conditioning and responses that are relevant to operant conditioning

Why are primary reinforcers effective

When Amir was a teenager,his mother nagged him repeatedly to clean his room.He learned that if he cleaned his room on Saturday mornings,she would not start nagging at all.What does this example illustrate

What does it mean when learning theorists use the term "salient" to describe stimuli

The advertising industry often attempts to manipulate consumers so that they will have positive associations with a company's product.Which learning principles are typically applied for this purpose

What happens to an operant response,in order to extinguish that response

Zane is allowed to play video games after every time he helps with doing dishes.What is this pattern of reinforcement called

While out trick-or-treating for Halloween,at first Billy's neighbours had to remind him to say "trick or treat" before they dropped their treats into his bag.As he continued to visit houses in the neighbourhood,soon Billy would say "trick or treat" as soon as the neighbours answered the door.Which operant conditioning term is used to describe the cue provided by the neighbours answering the door

What is a procedure called when a response is strengthened by following it with a rewarding stimulus

When you were a child and you first realized that you could use money to buy candy and other treats,what did money become

Last year Stacia went to a psychologist and was cured of her dog phobia.Today,however,while jogging in the park she was overcome with anxiety when she saw a young man jogging toward her with his golden retriever on a leash.What happened to Stacia's dog phobia

The cats that escaped from Thorndike's puzzle boxes got faster at escaping over time,but the change was quite gradual.What did Thorndike interpret about this pattern of behaviour change

A wolf eats a new food that has a novel taste and smell that it finds at a place where it had never found food before.Hours after eating the food,the wolf develops nausea.In the future,which foods are most likely to be avoided by that wolf

At preschool,Courtney has learned that she must wash her hands before snack-time in order to get a snack.At home,however,her parents do not check to make sure she washes her hands.When she is home,Courtney does not wash her hands before eating.Which process does Courtney's behaviour illustrate

Ivan Pavlov and B.F.Skinner viewed conditioning as a purely mechanical process,but how do modern learning psychologists view conditioning

A rat gets food for pushing a lever when a green light is on but no food for pushing a lever when a red light is on.As a result of stimulus discrimination,what will the rat do

Which of the following is an example of negative reinforcement

In classical conditioning,what is the term for the initial stage of learning a new association