Exam 4: Section 1: Learning: How Experience Changes Us

Pavlov placed meat powder in the mouths of the dogs, and they began to salivate. Pavlov's student noticed that after a few days the dogs began to salivate at the sound of the student's footsteps.The salivation to the sound of the footsteps was a _______.

When the CS is repeatedly presented in the absence of the UCS (food, in this case), the CR will "die out" in a process called ______________.

Al must build 25 radios before he receives $20.What schedule of reinforcement is being used?

With observational learning, information gleaned primarily comes from ________.

A Skinner box is most likely to be used in research on ______.

John turns on his fan every night prior to going to sleep.Initially, the sound of the fan is distracting, but after a short period of time he is able to fall asleep in spite of the noise.John's falling asleep in spite of the noise most closely resembles which of the following?

"If a response is followed by a pleasurable consequence, it will tend to be repeated.If a response is followed by an unpleasant consequence, it will tend not to be repeated." This is a statement of ________________.

A _____________________ reinforcer is any reward that satisfies a basic, biological need, such a hunger, thirst, or touch.

In the process of shaping, behaviors are ordered in terms of increasing similarity to the desired response.These behaviors are called _____________.

What would you predict about Little Albert based on the principle of spontaneous recovery?