Exam 6: A: Learning

Which issue is emphasized by research into signal relations,response-outcome relations,and observational learning

Hanna finds that when her kids become too rowdy and noisy,she can successfully block out their noise if she closes the door to her study.What is the behaviour of closing the door in this example

When Skyler was first training his dog,Smooches,to heel,he would give Smooches a treat when she stayed close during walks.Now Smooches stays right by Skyler's side,even when she is not on her leash.Which statement best describes this situation

Jeremy stops gambling five minutes after his slot machine last paid off; Jessica is still gambling,even though her slot machine hasn't paid off in over an hour.Which statement best describes their behaviours

What do the renewal effect and spontaneous recovery both suggest about extinction

Your roommate has not cleaned the bathroom in a month.You begin yelling at her to clean the bathroom.She begins to clean up,and you stop yelling.How could your roommate's behaviour be described in this situation

What is the result when reinforcement for a behaviour is removed

Anthony classically conditioned his cat to purr whenever the phone rang.One day,the phone rang for nearly two hours straight when Anthony wasn't home,and the cat's conditioned purring response underwent extinction.Today,the response has spontaneously recovered,but what should Anthony expect if the conditioned purring response were to undergo extinction again

Which of the following is an example of negative reinforcement

Micah really liked his mom's homemade apple pie,and he would eat a huge slice whenever she made some.When he went to visit with a friend,he tried some apple pie that the friend had made,and it tasted terrible.Now Micah will eat only his mom's apple pie; if anyone else offers him apple pie,he politely turns that person down.What does this example illustrate

The continued presentation of the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus will result in the gradual disappearance of the conditioned response.What is this phenomenon called

What is continuous reinforcement

What could be accounted for by classical conditioning

Which example most clearly shows that an animal's biological predispositions can affect the ease of learning an association

One Saturday,Adhar was sitting at home when the telephone rang.A local company was making promotional calls and told Adhar he had just won a $500 gift certificate.He felt a rush of excitement at the thought of what he could do with $500.Now Adhar finds that whenever he hears a telephone ring,he feels a little surge of excitement.What is the conditioned response in this example

Shelley bites her nails whenever she is watching TV.If Shelley wanted to eliminate the antecedent of her nail-biting behaviour,which of the following would she do

Which behaviour would be most difficult to extinguish

Zane has been shocked on six separate occasions while making toast.However,he doesn't seem to have developed a phobia toward toasters.Zane's only phobia is toward snakes,even though a snake has never harmed him.Which concept does this example illustrate

Quyen woke up one night with a spider dangling in front of her face.She screamed,and from that point on,she could not stand to be near spiders.What caused Quyen's fear of spiders

A major automaker has developed a series of television commercials that show its cars in the great outdoors,in peaceful settings,away from the hustle and bustle of big cities.The company hopes that seeing the cars in these settings will condition good feelings about its cars.Which learning principle is this particular automaker attempting to use