Exam 5: Learning

Liam is studying in his room for an exam but is disturbed by the loud music from his neighbor's house.He closes the window so that he can no longer hear the loud music.In this scenario, Liam's behavior demonstrates _____ in operant conditioning.

What is insight learning?

Your fraternity brother knows that you are a psychology major and asks you to explain to him why he keeps going back to smoking after quitting on several occasions.Describe in detail the classical-conditioning components involved in smoking (the conditioned stimulus, unconditioned stimulus, conditioned response, and unconditioned response) and how spontaneous recovery can cause the reoccurrence of the smoking habit.

Describe the distinction between primary and secondary reinforcers.Give an example of each.

Carol gives her dog, Spike, a chew stick each time Spike gets the ball back at her command.Carol is using a _____ schedule to train her dog to get the ball back on command.

In classical-conditioning situations, the _____ is unlearned, but the _____ is learneD.

In operant conditioning, discrimination occurs when

Which of the following helps to explain drug habituation?

_____ in classical conditioning is the tendency of a new stimulus that is similar to the original conditioned stimulus to elicit a response that is similar to the conditioned response.

Tolman focused on cognitive mechanisms in studying the

One day, on the way home from work, you decide to explore a side street that you'd passed on several occasions.You are surprised to find that it runs parallel to the expressway and realize that it could be used as an alternate route to and from work.Several weeks later, there is a major accident on your usual travel route and you remember the side street alternate route.You happily take this route home.This is an example of

Learning that occurs when an organism makes a connection between two events is called

In observational learning, the first process that must occur is

A _____ reinforcer is a reinforcer that acquires its positive value through an organism's experience.

Miranda is learning to play tennis.For her first lesson, her instructor models serving and backhand returns while Miranda patiently watches.Miranda then tries to imitate the sequence of swings and motions made by her instructor.Which of the following concepts best describes Miranda's learning process?

Which of the following is true of a variable-ratio schedule in operant conditioning?

Leonard is addicted to heroin, but is very careful about overdosing.He always uses a specific amount and takes it only in his apartment.On Friday, he became desperate for the drug while visiting with another drug user.This was the first time he had used heroin outside his own apartment.He injected his normal "safe" dose of heroin but almost died of an overdose.According to the principles of classical conditioning what led to Leonard's condition?

Which of the following is true of observational learning?

Which of the following is the best example of an unconditioned response?

_____ in classical conditioning is the weakening of the conditioned response when the unconditioned stimulus is absent.