Exam 28: Conditioning and Learning: Types of Learning

One of the reasons you had labs in your science courses in high school was to allow you to perform experiments that fostered your understanding of the scientific principles.The use of these science labs to gain understanding and insight of various scientific principles is an example of

Through modeling of their parents,children often learn which of the following?

In a recent study,college students either played a very violent,difficult,highly competitive,fast-paced video game (Mortal Kombat)or an easier,less competitive,nonviolent,slower-paced game (PGA Tournament Golf)and then competed with another student (actually an actor)in a task that allowed aggression and retaliation to take place.Which of the following students were more likely to aggress by punishing their competitor?

Children have been shown to imitate the violence portrayed in

It has been found that in humans,latent learning often occurs because of

Learning that involves mechanical repetition and memorization is known as _______ learning.

An internal representation of relationships that acts as a guide is referred to as a(n)

Your mother,who is 49 years old,loves to watch professional ice skating.She can name every type of jump and spin used by the athletes and can tell you which type of jump they are about to perform by their body positioning before the jump.However,what is the most likely reason that your mother could not model the athletes' behavior?

Regarding learning,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Which type of learning tends to lead to a better understanding of new or unusual problems?

Which of the following is a real world example of using punishment (response cost)to change people's behaviors so that they will increase their conservation efforts?

Compared to discovery learning,learning by rote tends to produce a better understanding of new problems.

In order to increase interest and motivation,a computer math game has been designed that allows students to compete in a speedboat race rather than just completing a series of subtraction problems.The faster correct answers are selected,the faster the student's boat speeds toward the finish line.This math game would be an example of

An English teacher encourages her students to write the main aspects of the short story the class is reading into ovals and then draw lines connecting the various themes and concepts.Thus,for this short story,this teacher is encouraging her students to make a(n)

Your midterm exam score is an example of

Discovery learning involves understanding and

Learning from written language is unique to humans and is a more complex form of

In one experiment,children watched either live models or films of a person or cartoon character hitting an inflatable doll ("Bo­Bo the Clown"doll).What happened when they had the opportunity to play with the same doll?

If you wear a particular tie and gets lots of compliments,you are more likely to wear this tie more often.This illustrates

Events that occur just before a response are called