Exam 7: Basic Principles of Learning

When researchers conclude that punishment has "generalized inhibiting effect," what does that mean?

What explanation did Harlow use to explain why problem-solving ability improved over trials in his study in which apes had to locate food under objects?

In operant conditioning,the individual does not have to do anything for learning to occur.

Regarding learning,______ has occurred when the consequence of a behavior leads to an increased probability of that behavior being repeated in the future.

Secondary reinforcers are acquired through learning.

Escape conditioning causes a behavior to ______,while avoidance conditioning causes a behavior to ______.

When using positive reinforcement,the _______ should immediately follow the _______.

In positive reinforcement,the consequences of a behavior are ______ and the behavior is likely to occur ______.

Thorndike's "law of effect" suggests that

If classical conditioning has been successfully accomplished,what type of response follows the presentation of a conditioned stimulus?

Learning that occurs as a result of the consequences of our behavior is called _______ conditioning.

The opposite of stimulus discrimination is

When observing others modeling behavior for us,which of the following characteristics would lead to the highest likelihood of imitating the model's behavior?

A pigeon learned to peck a lighted disc for a few bits of grain.The bird does not peck when the light is off because no grain will be forthcoming.The light is called the

If you are going to use punishment,which of the following would be recommendations based on psychological research?

The connectionist theory of learning suggests that

In classical conditioning,what does the person (or animal)have to do in order for learning to occur? The organism (human or animal)

Money is a primary reinforcer.

In a ratio schedule of reinforcement,the number of responses made determines when the reinforcer will be given.

If students in your class wait to read and prepare for an exam until the day before each regularly scheduled exam,how can you increase their studying time on a day-to-day basis?