Exam 6: Learning

Once conditioning has been acquired,presenting just the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus produces:

A woodchuck tries to crack a walnut shell in two different ways--with his paws and with his teeth.The last method worked and the first did not; hence,the woodchuck will be more likely to rely on his teeth for splitting the next nut.This observation illustrates the:

The process by which experience or practice results in a relatively permanent change in behavior or potential behavior is known as __________.

By pairing the ringing of a bell with the presentation of meat,Pavlov trained dogs to salivate to the sound of a bell even when no meat was presented.In this experiment,the ringing of the bell was the __________.

You classically condition your dog Milo to salivate when middle C is played on the piano,but you find that he also salivates when a high G is played.You make a point of playing high G and not giving Milo any food afterward,whereas you do give him food after you play C.After a few days,Milo stops salivating when high G is played but continues to salivate to middle C.This phenomenon is known as ________________.

When you were first learning to make your bed,your parents told you that you did a good job when you got the bedspread pulled up,even though the bed was still a little messy.For the next week they showed you how to be a little neater each time you made the bed.What operant conditioning procedure did your parents use?

Your dog barks every time a stranger's car pulls into the driveway,but not when you come home.Reacting to your car differently is a sign of _____.

Which of the following is NOT a negative reinforcer?

Operant conditioning assumes that:

Negative reinforcement is negative in the sense that:

Which of the following is an example of punishment?

People diagnosed with psychopathy show an impaired ability to learn to:

Which of the following is an example of positive reinforcement?

Which two learning processes seem to be opposites?

A child receives one homework pass-a coupon that allows her to skip a homework assignment-for every 10 word problems she completes during class.This is an example of both ___________ reinforcement and a ___________ schedule of reinforcement.

In the experiment with Little Albert,the unconditioned stimulus was _______.

Which of the following is an example of classical conditioning?

To avoid getting a headache,Lory always lets her dog outside when it sits by the door and howls.This is an example of which type of punishment or reinforcement?

Ivan Pavlov is most closely associated with ______________.

Mom and Dad think it is real funny,and laugh when their 2-year-old,Bruce,says dirty words.When Bruce is sent home from kindergarten because of swearing,they don't understand why he cusses.Now when he cusses at home they ignore the cussing (they don't think it's cute anymore).Laughing in this example is: