Exam 6: A--Learning

Primary reinforcers (or unconditioned reinforcers), are reinforcing because of their own properties.

In applied behavior analysis, also known as behavior modification, a psychologist tries to remove the reinforcers for unwanted behaviors and provides reinforcers for more acceptable behaviors.

According to the ____________________ of reinforcement, each of us has a normal "equilibrium" state in which we divide our time among various activities.

Repeatedly presenting the CS without the UCS leads to the extinction of the CR.

In operant conditioning, the subject's behavior determines an outcome and is affected by the outcome.

Behaviorism began, in part, as a protest against the views of the____________________.

Pavlov presumed that animals are born with certain automatic connections-called unconditioned reflexes.