Exam 4: Learning: How Experience Changes US

For contrapreparedness to occur, the CS must typically represent a threatening object or stimuli.

________ refers to a series of smaller behaviors that eventually form a desired and more complex behavior when reinforced operantly.

________ learning theory emphasizes the fact that much learning occurs in a social context.

The net effect of both modeling and observational learning are essentially the same.

Imagine that you try to condition someone so that a particular sound elicits a literal "knee jerk response." Which of the following is accurate?

________ reinforcement refers to reinforcement given some period of time after the desired behavior is exhibited.

What is the key difference between continuous and partial reinforcement?

Taste aversion is an example of ________.

With observational learning, information gleaned primarily comes from ________.

Suppose you imagine eating a delicious dessert and then you actually start salivating. In this scenario, the ________ is the unconditioned stimulus.

Suppose Mike, a teenager, adores a certain athlete who has recently been suspected of using steroids. Given this information, Mike's likelihood of using steroids ________.

List and briefly describe the terms represented by the following abbreviations: US, UR, CS, CR.

Thorndike was known for his work with ______.

If you are training your dog to do a new a trick, you initially will want to specifically provide ________.

Some researchers believe that classical conditioning takes place only because ________.

Spontaneous recovery can occur for responses learned via operant conditioning.

Some researchers argue that having a built-in readiness for certain conditioned stimuli makes particular sense from a(n) ________ perspective.

Piaget coined the term "cognitive map."

In a conditioning experiment, a sound is paired with a brief puff of air to the eye of the rabbit. After several pairings, the rabbit ultimately blinks its eye when it hears the sound. Which of the following is true?

Modeling stems from which of the following theories?