Exam 7: Learning and Conditioning

Match the descriptions with the appropriate concept. -A form of learning that is not immediately expressed in an overt response.

When Arthur fed his fish, he used to switch on the light just before he gave them their food. He noticed that they would swim to the top as soon the aquarium light came on. He decided to see what would happen if he switched on the light but did not feed the fish. For one week he doesn't feed the fish after turning on the light. Arthur is trying to see if ________ will occur.

The application of conditioning techniques to teach new responses or to reduce maladaptive behaviours is called behaviour modification.

Albert Bandura and his colleagues had nursery school children watch a short film of two men, Rocky and Johnny, playing with toys. What did the researchers learn about observational learning through this study?

When Alan feeds his fish, he notices that they swim to the top as soon as he turns on the aquarium light. In this example, the ________ is the unconditioned stimulus.

Many people have learned to dislike a food after eating it and falling ill. Psychologist Martin Seligman reported how he was conditioned to hate Béarnaise sauce. Explain how this conditioning took place. In what way does his experience illustrate the role that biological priming plays in this type of conditioning? What food do you dislike? Analyze whether your reaction to this food could have been formed through conditioning.

B. F. Skinner theorized that:

________ would occur if studying made you lose time with your friends.

All of the following statements about classical and operant conditioning are true EXCEPT:

After a child learns to fear spiders, he also responds with fear to ants and beetles. This is an example of:

Punishment occurs every day in families, schools, and workplaces. But often the intended results fail to occur. Explain, in detail, six reasons why punishment fails. When punishment must be used, what guidelines should be followed?

Operant conditioning occurs when a stimulus that resembles the conditioned stimulus elicits the conditioned response.

The evidence about the effects of media violence suggests that:

Match the descriptions with the appropriate concept. -The reappearance of a learned response after its apparent extinction.

Intermittent reinforcement results in:

Using Pavlov's procedure for classical conditioning you are able to condition your dog to salivate to middle C played on the piano. When you play the note above middle C, your pet still salivates, even though she never received food paired with this note! This phenomenon is known as:

Once a response has become reliable, it will be more resistant to extinction:

Intrinsic reinforcers are defined as reinforcers that:

Which of the following would be most effective in eliminating a phobia in an adult?

The neutral stimulus becomes a/an ________ in classical conditioning.