Exam 7: Basic Principles of Learning

If a parent threatens a punishment and then backs down when the child begs for mercy,what will the parent accomplish?

Learned taste aversion is an example of operant conditioning at work.

Some guidelines for chemotherapy patients have been developed through our understanding of how learned taste aversions are conditioned.Which of the following would help a chemotherapy patient avoid a learned taste aversion?

In classical conditioning behaviors are elicited,while in operant conditioning behaviors are emitted.

Bandura's term for learning by watching others is

If your beagle lies down when you say "Dead!," and you discover that he will do the same trick when you say the words red,head,or bed,what has taken place?

The idea that we can tell the difference between the appropriate occasion for a response and an inappropriate occasion for a response is known as

Wolfgang Köhler,a Gestalt psychologist,described a type of learning that involved a sudden cognitive change.The term used to describe this learning is

A sudden cognitive change that allows a problem to be solved is

In classical conditioning,one has the ability to "un-do" the association of neutral stimuli with fearful responses by using the process of

An interval schedule in operant conditioning,whether fixed or variable,is based on

An animal in a Skinner box received a brief electric shock each time a bar was pressed.Subsequently,the animal stopped pressing the bar due to

Classically conditioned behaviors are associated with the ______ nervous system,and operantly conditioned behaviors are associated with the ______ nervous system.

Operant conditioning was first described by John B.Watson based on the study of Little Albert.

Reinforcing the behavior of a model will increase the probability of the same behavior in the observer.This is called

Edward Tolman developed some ingenious experiments that involved timing how fast rats could run through mazes to reach a reward.The experiments tended to support

According to research studies,what should happen if Scott observes Allison being rewarded for picking up toys?

Sometimes your old car's starter will start the car on the first turn of the key,while other times the starter won't work until you turn the key numerous times.Your car starter has created a _______ schedule of reinforcement for your behavior.

Ivan Pavlov is considered one of the first to study what is now called classical conditioning.

Mr.Harper used to yell at Mrs.Harper for trumping cards unnecessarily when they played bridge.Instead of improving her play,Mrs.Harper gave up bridge altogether.This is an example of