Exam 6: Learning

Which form of classical conditioning is most likely to occur with only a single CS-US pairing?

All other things being equal,an animal trained on which of the following schedules of reinforcement should experience extinction most quickly when the reinforcement is removed?

Classical conditioning was discovered by _______.

Which of the following is NOT a negative reinforcer?

Bob has learned that he can usually get what he wants from his parents if he keeps whining for something.One day Bob starts whining in the toy store because he wants an action figure.His father refuses to give it to him and ignores his whining.What process is likely to happen as a result?

One of the difficulties in demonstrating that exposure to media violence increases aggression is that fact that much of the research on media violence and aggression relies on _______________ designs,which do not allow researchers to determine cause-and-effect relationships.

Contrary to some early behaviorist views,_____ suggests that learning can occur without any immediate behavioral evidence.

Because dogs do not need to be conditioned to salivate to food,salivation to food is a(n)______________.

The opposite of stimulus generalization is:

Having a gold star placed on one's spelling quiz would be a secondary reinforcer.

Although they make learning more challenging in the short term,___________________ actually promote long-term learning.

Which is the most accurate conclusion from the large body of research that exists on the effects of viewing media violence?

An example of a behavior that is learned through operant conditioning is _____________.

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 presentation of the meat was the _______.

Thorndike was known for his work with __________.

You train your dog Milo to salivate to the sound of a bell.Then you ring the bell every five minutes and don't follow the ringing with food for Milo.He salivates less and less and finally stops salivating at all when the bell rings.But the next morning,when you ring the bell,Milo salivates! What term is used to explain the reappearance of this response?

Which of the following illustrates an unconditioned stimulus (US)?

When Ivan Pavlov presented meat powder,the dog salivated.The meat powder was the ________ and salivation was the ________.

When a stimulus is removed from a person or animal resulting in a decrease in the probability of response,it is known as

The type of learning students do when studying information for a test is primarily ______________ learning.