Exam 5: Learning

The use of electric shock administered to separate groups of rats either during or after the presentation of a tone enabled Rescorla to demonstrate the __________ theory of classical conditioning

Al must build 25 radios before he receives $20.What schedule of reinforcement is being used?

When determining parenting techniques and the "how to" of punishment,many studies have been done and many books have been written,yet to date there is not agreement on any concrete examples of how to punish more effectively.

Ed noticed that whenever he used his electric can opener,his cat would come into the kitchen and act hungry-drooling and mewing pitiably.He reasoned that because he used the can opener to open the cat's food,the sound of the can opener had become a/an:

According to Manitoba researcher Brian Cox,what percentage of Canadian adult population is at risk for developing pathological gambling?

Rat A receives a dose of radiation after drinking mint-flavoured water.In his home cage,which he shares with Rat B,he becomes ill.What will happen when Rat B is offered mint-flavoured treats?

Which of the following statements regarding Pavlov is accurate?

Which of the following is true of research on insight?

For the past three months,every time Steve has been out at the local bar he takes ecstasy.One evening he attends a house party,ingests ecstasy,and becomes so sick that he needs to go to the hospital.In this case,the local bar acted as a/an______________,preparing his body for the drug.

The researcher responsible for discovering classical conditioning was:

University of British Columbia professor Gerald Gorn applied the concept of classical condition to four separate groups of McGill students.The first group was shown slides of a blue pen as music they liked (from the Grease soundtrack)played in the background.The second group was shown slides of a beige pen as music from India (which most of them disliked.played in the background.The third group was shown the beige pen with the preferred Grease music.The fourth group saw the blue pen and heard the Indian music.Later each group was asked to choose between a blue pen and beige pen.In this study,LIKING OR DISLIKING the music was the:

What was the unconditioned stimulus (UCS)in the case of Little Albert?

Cognition refers to:

Learning that remains hidden until its application becomes useful is latent learning.

A farmer is being troubled by coyotes eating his sheep.In an attempt to solve the problem,he kills a sheep and laces its body with a nausea-inducing drug.He leaves the sheep out where he knows the coyotes roam.He hopes they will learn not to eat the sheep.The farmer is attempting to apply the research of _____________ to accomplish this.

Alan always turns the aquarium light on before putting fish food into the tank.After a while he notices that the fish swim to the top to look for the food as soon as he turns on the light.In this example,the ________________ is the unconditioned stimulus.

A scientist trains a group of rats to run a maze to get food pellets.Another group of rats is trained to run the maze without receiving food pellets.At the end of the training,the group receiving the food pellets runs the maze faster and with fewer errors.However,when the scientist begins giving the second group of rats food pellets for running the maze,they almost immediately begin running the maze as well as the first group.This improved performance is probably due to:

Applied behaviour analysis (ABA)has been used with autistic children.The basic principle of this form of behaviour modification is:

Elizabeth's parents want her to put her clothes in the hamper.At first,they praise her for putting the clothes together in one pile.Then they praise her for getting the clothes on the same side of the room as the hamper.When she gets the clothes on top of the hamper,she gets praise.Finally,her parents praise her when she puts her clothes in the hamper.This is an example of:

A school issues tokens to the children for good behaviour.Issuing tokens is associated with: