Exam 6: Learning

What did Thorndike mean by the Law of Effect?

Which of the following is most likely to occur during an experiment on classical conditioning?

After classically conditioning some response, how might one produce extinction of the response?

After a subject has developed a classically conditioned response, an investigator begins presenting the conditioned stimulus by itself. Which of the following is likely to occur?

What is a secondary reinforcer?

According to Thorndike, reinforcement is an event that

An educational system in which students are taught one small step at a time, with frequent tests and positive reinforcements for correct answers, is probably an application of the principles of

Classical conditioning applies primarily to __________ responses; operant conditioning applies primarily to __________ responses.

"Why did she yell at the man?" "She yelled because she was angry." "How do you know she was angry?" "I could tell because she was yelling." This exchange is an example of

In Pavlov's experiments he paired a sound with the presentation of food and measured salivation to each. In this experiment the conditioned stimulus was the

At the beginning of an experiment on classical conditioning,

One way in which conditioned taste aversions DIFFER from other learning is that

Under what circumstances do we see spontaneous recovery of a learned response?

You watch someone write a novel and receive fame and fortune for it. You would like to receive the same reinforcements, but you may or may not imitate this person's behavior, depending on

Modern behaviorists tend to

In operant conditioning, unlike classical conditioning,

A study presented participants with a variety of Pokemon characters and asked them to respond to a "target" character. Some other characters were consistently paired with either positive words or pictures or with negative words or pictures. The results of this study show that

Punishment is most likely to produce a long-lasting suppression of a behavior if

In a classical conditioning experiment, a tone is followed by a puff of air to the eyes. After several repetitions, subjects blink their eyes when they hear the tone. The tone is the

Punishment will be less effective in suppressing a child's behavior if