Exam 7: Extension C: Conditioning and Learning

Mac is five year old, and his parents were using spanking as their only means of disciplining Mac.After each spanking, Mac grew increasingly angry and usually took it out on the dog or his two year old brother.A counselor suggested other punishment alternatives, such as time-out, as well as encouraging the parents to use praise and rewards more often when Mac was behaving appropriately.According to research, since Mac's parents have changed to less punitive parenting, Mac's level of aggression will most likely

The perspective that explains learning as a mental expectancy of an upcoming association between two events is known as the ____________________ view.

A(n) ____________________ reinforcer is a tangible secondary reinforcer, such as money, gold stars, or poker chips that can be exchanged for food, lodgings, and other necessities.

Many people start tensing up during a horror movie whenever they hear a familiar tune because this tune is always associated with a character being in danger.This illustrates a(n) ____________________ response. or

In terms of the informational view, operant conditioning occurs when we expect that a certain response will have a certain effect at certain times.

The reappearance of a response after extinction is called reconditioning.

Your dog Samantha has always salivated to a dog biscuit, but you classically condition Sam to salivate to the dinner bell.In this example, salivating to the dog biscuit would be a(n)

You work with a loud and obnoxious person and try to end your conversation with him as soon as possible, which illustrates _____ learning; while "going the opposite way" when you see him coming down the hall illustrates _____.

When Little Albert was classically conditioned to fear the rat, the unconditioned stimulus was

Regarding observational learning, which of the following is FALSE?

Strategies for changing bad habits include which of the following?

A group of primary school students with known television viewing habits were contacted in early adulthood 15 years later.When contacted as adults, those who watched more violence on television as elementary school students

If you wear sunglasses to escape the glare of the sun, then you wear the sunglasses because of ____________________ reinforcement.

Cindy has watched her mother cook for several months.However, today her mother is ill so Cindy offers to cook.Cindy has never had to cook before, but she does an excellent job without any assistance.This demonstrates

Your dog Samantha has learned to salivate to the dinner bell.However, if Sam does not receive any food after hearing the bell for several days, _____ will most likely occur.

Children tend to act as if parents give them the message, "Do as I do, not as I say." This is because of the powerful effect of

Punishment

Self-management based on keeping records of response frequencies is known as

In the cartoon demonstrating how emotional reactions are learned through classical conditioning, the animated baby was exposed to a rabbit and then heard a balloon pop.The popping balloon frightened the baby.Eventually, just seeing the rabbit would also produce fear in the baby.The popping of the balloon served as a(n)

According to your textbook, the three basic tools one has available to control simple learning include all of the following EXCEPT