Exam 7: Basic Principles of Learning

Solid experimental evidence suggests that children learn behaviors from television through

Responses that have been continuously reinforced are harder to extinguish than responses that have been reinforced on a variable ratio schedule.

A strategy of reinforcing successive approximations to a complex behavior is known as

Harlow's work with monkeys showed that learning sets enhance insight learning.

Slot machines are set to pay off on the average of once in every 1,000,000 plays.This is an example of a ______ schedule of reinforcement.

In positive reinforcement,the behavior that becomes more frequent is called the

If after some extinction has occurred,the CS is presented and an occasional CR is observed,this is called response prevention.

Which of the following statements would be a cognitive explanation for learning?

In order to cry during a particular scene,an actor held a handkerchief soaked in onion juice close to her nose.The onion juice served as a(n)

A parent's spanking behavior increased dramatically after she initially used it to stop her children from whining.Which danger of punishment has been demonstrated here?

All changes in behavior are the result of learning.

Let's say you have a hungry cat in your kitchen.You use your electric can opener,which makes a rather loud sound,to open a can of cat food.You have done this many times before.The hungry cat runs toward the plate of food when it sees it being set on the floor.In this example,the placement of the food on the floor is a/n

The tendency for similar stimuli to elicit the same response is called

Learning by observing the behavior of others is called modeling.

Which of the following best describes the law of effect?

Edward Tolman's work on place learning and latent learning supported the cognitive interpretation of learning.

When voluntary behaviors are either strengthened or weakened by their outcomes,the behavioral changes result from

In a classical conditioning situation,you present the CS but it is no longer paired with the UCS.After a period of time has passed,you present the CS and the CR returns.When the CR returns during the course of extinction,it is called

When a baby is born,it shows no preference for its father's voice,but after a month of living with Dad,a baby will show a clear preference for Dad's voice over other men's voices.This new preference is an example of

A slot machine is programmed to pay the grand prize jackpot only once during every 100,000 plays.This is an example of a