Exam 6: Learning

Application of conditioning principles to solve behavior problems is generally known as

April wants to teach her cat not to claw at the arms of her couch.She will be most successful in reducing the cat's scratching behavior if she uses

Your teenaged daughter has not cleaned her room in a month.You go in and begin yelling at her to clean her room.She begins to clean up,and you stop yelling.Your daughter's cleaning behavior can be viewed as responding to

The evolutionary perspective on learning suggests that

Research examining the long-term effects of media violence has demonstrated that

Imagine a husband and wife asking Bandura for advice on how they should teach their young child to say "please" and "thank you".Which of the following would Bandura be MOST likely to suggest?

When a neutral stimulus acquires the capacity to evoke a response that was originally evoked by another stimulus,the process is

In a variable-ratio schedule,the reinforcer is given

If you find that you have more positive feelings toward a product after an attractive spokeperson gives you a free sample,your change in attitudes would be said to have resulted from

Businesses often provide good meals and pleasant surroundings when initially meeting with new clients.In these situations,clients may develop positive feelings toward their business host and the company he or she represents.If this occurs,then the pleasant surroundings have functioned as

In Pavlov's original experiment on classical conditioning,the unconditioned response (UR)was

In Pavlov's principle experiment the conditioned stimulus was the

Slot machines increase gambling behavior through the use of

The first step in a behavior modification program is to

A relatively durable change in behavior or knowledge that is due to experience is defined as

Frederick cringes every time he hears a dentist's drill,even when he is sitting in the waiting room of his dentist's office.In this example,the pain of dental drilling is

Josiah checks his electronic mail several times throughout the day.Some days there is mail each time he checks; sometimes several days go by with no new messages arriving.In this example,Josiah's behavior of checking his electronic mail is being reinforced on

Studies of response-outcome relations and reinforcement have found that

Ken used to drool at the smell of peanut butter cookies as they baked,and he couldn't wait to sink his teeth into that first cookie.However,Ken's new roommate makes terrible peanut butter cookies,and the smell of them baking is no longer associated with a wonderful taste experience.Consequently,Ken finds that the smell of the cookies no longer makes him drool in anticipation.This illustrates the classical conditioning process known as

Henry received a bad sunburn on his face when he was skiing last winter.Now,before he starts a day of skiing,he uses a sunscreen on his face to prevent another sunburn.In this case,avoiding a sunburn functions as