Exam 6: Learning

During the Korean War, captured U.S. soldiers were persuaded to cooperate with their captors one small step at a time, with reinforcements for each step. This procedure resembles which principle of operant conditioning?

An investigator presents a conditioned stimulus followed by an unconditioned stimulus until an animal is classically conditioned. Then she exposes the animal to an extinction procedure. If she waits a while and then tests the animal again, she is likely to see

The goal of radical behaviorism is to explain behavior in terms of:

Suppose your boss provides free coffee and donuts each morning at precisely 10:30 am. The first people there get the best choice of donuts. Your going to the place where the donuts are each day is reinforced on which schedule?

Rats that have been shocked while drinking sweetened water from a tube that produces loud noises and bright lights will later

In Pavlov's experiment the __________ was similar to the __________.

A secondary reinforcer

In an experiment on classical conditioning, a tone is followed by a puff of air to the eyes. After several repetitions, subjects blink their eyes when they hear the tone. In this experiment the tone is the __________ and blinking is the __________.

Punishment is also called

Psychologists who argue that psychologists should only study observable, measurable behaviors are called

For what purpose would a psychologist make use of shaping?

If a farmer had a chicken that laid eggs intermittently (sometimes 8 hours between eggs, sometimes 3 days) the farmer's "egg checking" behavior would be on a __________ schedule.

Suppose a cat has learned to push against a pole in order to escape from a puzzle box, like one of Thorndike's. What procedure would lead to the extinction of this response?

Which of the following is an example of discrimination in operant conditioning?

Nine-year-old Kristen spends her summer days pretty much however she wants. On most days she reads for 1 hour, plays outside for 2 hours, and watches TV for 3 hours. Today, however, she has read for 2 hours, played outside for 1 hour, and watched TV for 4 hours. According to the disequilibrium principle, which of the three would be the strongest reinforcer for her right now?

An animal presses a lever for food in one box. If we now place it in a new but similar box, it presses the lever in that box as well. This is an example of:

What procedure does a psychologist use in applied behavior analysis?

Which of the following is an example of negative reinforcement?

Which of the following is most likely to increase your feelings of self-efficacy?

A professor gives unannounced quizzes at unpredictable times. Therefore students must study equally every night. Which type of schedule of reinforcement is this?