Exam 5: Learning

Behavior therapists prefer systematic desensitization over flooding as a behavior therapy to reduce fears because

Amy always comes home on time when she's out with her friends and never violates the curfew set by her parents. What strengthens this behavior?

All of the following are examples of reinforcement schedules EXCEPT

Cognitive psychologists describe and explain behavior using concepts such as

To reduce Patty's fear of horses, a behavior therapist took her immediately to the nearby horse farm. She instructed Patty to stand in the stables, where she was surrounded by 20 horses. This is an example of

Because you set your alarm every night, you always get to work on time and are never reprimanded for being late. This behavior is strengthened by a

In operant conditioning an organism learns to respond because

Any stimulus that, when removed, increases the likelihood that a behavior will continue is called a(n)

Mimi, your cat, comes running into the kitchen every time you use the electric can opener. Her vet has instructed you to switch her from canned cat food to dry cat food that comes in a bag. Which of the following will likely occur?

__________ is one of our major sources of informal observational learning.

A trained salivary response was called the_______________ by Pavlov.

Classical conditioning involves learning to associate events with other events.

In ____________________, a pleasant stimulus is repeatedly paired with a fear-evoking object, thereby counteracting the fear response.

Positive reinforcement is to increasing behavior as ______________ is to decreasing behavior.

The contingency theory suggests that the learning in classical conditioning occurs because the CS is ___________ the US.

Placing a disruptive child in time out where the child is in a restrictive environment and completely isolated from either teacher or peer approval illustrates the use of

Unlike other forms of conditioning, taste aversion is powerful and rapidly acquired, suggesting that it

When we train a rat to press a lever using shaping, we reinforce all those behaviors that move in the direction of the lever. We are reinforcing __________ of the goal.

Many fear responses are acquired through the process of _______ conditioning.

The behavioral view of classical conditioning focuses on simple _________ of stimuli, while the cognitive view adds ________ representations of the environment.