Exam 6: Learning

The Internal Revenue Service threatens Sue with a penalty if she fails to pay her back taxes.She pays,and the threat is withdrawn.In the future,she is more prompt in meeting her obligation.This is an example of the use of _______ to control behavior.

In operant conditioning,reinforcement is:

Punishment occurs every day in families,schools,and workplaces.But often the intended results fail to occur.When punishment must be used,what are five guidelines that should be followed?

When Luke kissed Laura,her heart rate increased.Luke always wore Old Spice After Shave.Whenever Laura smelled Old Spice,her heart raced.Luke's kiss was the:

Of the following phenomena,which one best explains the spreading of phobias to objects similar to the one to which the phobia was originally acquired?

If a rat has learned to press a lever to obtain pellets of food and,all of a sudden,the response permanently ceases to produce any food,then _______ will occur.

A fixed-ratio schedule of reinforcement involves giving reinforcement:

When Luke kisses Laura,her heart rate increases.Luke always wore Old Spice After Shave.Whenever Laura smelled Old Spice,her heart raced.Laura's increased heart rate when Luke kissed her was the:

Bobby and Sue were parked at Lover's Lane.When Bobby kissed Sue,his breathing accelerated.Sue always wore Chanel 5 when she went out with Bobby.Bobby's faster breathing rate when he smells Chanel 5 is the:

Learning that involves processes such as thinking and remembering is called _________________ learning.

The apparatus that has come to symbolize the theory of operant conditioning is the:

Of the four basic elements of classical conditioning,the one the organism learns to respond to is the _____.

A person originally feared great heights,such as standing on top of tall buildings.Now the person has also developed fears of flying in airplanes,standing on ladders,and even watching high-wire artists perform.These new fears are probably the result of _______.

If a POSITIVE REINFORCER is added after a behavior and the behavior is strengthened/increased,the process used is called:

Taste aversions seem to be specific examples of what type of learning?

When one of Pavlov's dogs salivated in response to the food,the salivation was a(n)________________,but when the dogs salivated to the sound of a metronome,the salivation should be called a(n)_________________.

Who was Little Albert?

Social learning theory's foremost proponent is __________ .

What has occurred when there is a decrease in the likelihood or rate of a target response?

________________is the loss or weakening of a conditioned response when a conditioned stimulus and unconditioned stimulus no longer occur together.