Exam 7: Extension B: Conditioning and Learning

Studies of animals, such as pigeons, rats, and scrub jays, show that animals

Programmed learning can be effective in book form or in

On Fridays, you know that you can dress casually for work, but on Wednesdays when the corporate executive usually drops by, you know you should dress in your best suit.This illustrates

When a basketball coach uses videotaped replays to show his team both their good and poor shot selection, the coach is using

The presentation of an aversive stimulus or the removal of a positive stimulus are both examples of

Compared to continuous reinforcement, partial reinforcement

You are a very good skater, but you did not start out that way.Your mother reinforced you for each small improvement you made over several months.This process is known as

Psychologists symbolize a discriminative stimulus that precedes reinforced responses as _____, while discriminative stimuli that precede unrewarded responses are symbolized as _____.

Pigeons and rats who are reinforced on fixed interval schedules stop responding immediately after they receive a reinforcer and do not start again until just before the next scheduled reinforcement.This illustrates that animals

Which of the following reinforcers is used to provide immediate incentives for learning and to avoid the problem of satiation?

After weeks of successful extinction trials, your pet dachshund suddenly resumes burying bones in the front yard.Your pet therapist advises you that the dog's behavior is an example of

Whether we drive our car across an intersection depends on if the traffic light is red or green.This illustrates the principle of

When Jan helped her mother clean up after her baby brother, Jan's mother praised her daughter for being so thoughtful.Her mother's praise was a _____ for Jan.

Every time a video player moves, the game instantly provides sounds, animated actions, and a higher or lower score.This situation illustrates _____, which underlie learning.

When Miguel is scolded by his mother, he stops doing that behavior; however, when Jared is scolded by his mother, he actually increases the misbehavior because he finally has her attention.For Miguel, the scolding served as a(n) _____, while the scolding served as a(n) _____ for Jared.

Brides-to-be who plan their weddings down to the last detail are exhibiting the human capacity to be

In laboratory experiments, a _____, which is a device with a moving strip of paper and a mechanical pen, is connected to a Skinner box.

Intra-cranial stimulation (ICS) is a(n)

Watching the night sky and seeing "a shooting star" is reinforced on a _____ schedule.

The weakening or disappearance of learned responses by removing reinforcement is called