Exam 7: Extension C: Conditioning and Learning

People who have a snake phobia also tend to become fearful when they see garden hoses or a rope at a distance.This phenomenon illustrates stimulus ____________________.

We pick up phones that are ringing, but rarely answer phones that are silent, which illustrates the concept of stimulus control.

A "behavioral contract" is a(n)

The best teaching strategies are based on _____, in which students are given enough freedom to actively think about problems and enough direction for their teachers so that they gain useful knowledge.

Internal images or other mental representations of an area (maze, city, campus, etc.) that underlie an ability to choose alternative paths to the same goal is a(n)

A critical variable in determining whether modeled behavior will be imitated is

If you smoke cigarettes, psychologists would urge you to quit so your children won't learn to smoke by

Seven-year-old Jai is watching his favorite television show in which the hero has to use violence in order to defeat the villains and save the city.Which of the following is most likely?

Regarding the use of the three basic tools to control simple learning, which of the following is/are TRUE?

____ causes responses to extinguish, while _____ suppresses responses.

Rhonda has always gotten people's attention by acting "silly," but she wants to get out of this habit.So, she practices intelligent but interesting "starter" conversations to keep people's attention.Rhonda is using which strategy for breaking a bad habit?

If you give an attractive classmate a ride home, you may make mental notes about how to get to his or her house, even if a date is only a remote future possibility.This illustrates

Compared to learning by rote, discovery learning

Your friend tells you that "negative reinforcement is a type of punishment." Explain why your friend is VERY WRONG about these concepts by giving the definition and an example of each concept.

In order for observational learning to take place,

Continuous reinforcement is more resistant to extinction than partial reinforcement.

Research suggests that children will usually do what

In Bandura's classic Bo-Bo doll experiment, most of the children imitated

In Thorndike's law of effect, events critical for conditioning occur before the response.

Frequent spankings tend to decrease aggression and reduce problem behaviors.