Exam 5: Learning

A worker is paid $25 for every 20 wind chimes that she builds.On which schedule of reinforcement is she being paid?

In Pavlov's experiment, the dog automatically salivated to food because food is a(n)

According to Thorndike's law of effect,

Which of the following is true with regard to the principles of behaviorism?

Jose's employer pays him every other Friday.This is an example of which of the following schedules of reinforcement?

Experience with unavoidable negative stimuli can lead to a particular deficit in avoidance learning called _____, in which the organism, exposed to uncontrollable aversive stimuli, learns that it has no control over negative outcomes.

A father takes his baby out for a walk.The baby reaches over to touch a pink flower and is stung by a bumblebee sitting on the petals.The next day, the baby's mother brings home some pink flowers.The mother removes a flower from the arrangement and takes it over for her baby to smell.The baby cries loudly as soon as she sees it.According to the principles of classical conditioning, the conditioned stimulus in this scenario is the

The tendency of animals to revert to intuitive behavior that interferes with learning is called

Latent learning is

A hitchhiker most likely gets rides on a _____ schedule of reinforcement.

Pavlov's dog salivates each time he hears a bell.Now, however, after several trials of salivating to the bell and not receiving any food, the dog stops salivating.Which of the following best explains the change in the dog's behavior?

According to Bandura's model of observational learning, what are the four primary processes involved in observational learning?

Positive and negative punishment are meant to

Mark's dog, Gus, sits whenever he says, "Sit." Mark now wants to teach Gus a new trick.He wants to teach him to bark each time he says, "Speak," but whenever Mark says, "Speak," Gus sits.The dog's behavior is most likely an example of

In Pavlov's classic study on classical conditioning, the bell was the _____ before conditioning and the _____ after conditioning had occurred.

The presentation of a stimulus following a given behavior in order to increase the frequency of that behavior is called

In operant conditioning, negative reinforcement

In operant conditioning, extinction occurs when

In the context of observational learning, retention is a process in which

Jacky did not score well in her "pre-med" course at the university level.She started studying hard to improve her grades and got into medical school.Even after getting the degree of Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), she still works hard for everything and is successful in all her endeavors.Which special kind of response to negative reinforcement is evident in Jacky's case?