Exam 4: Learning

As she walked through her neighborhood,Jodie,a 6 year old girl,frequently saw a large brown dog.She repeatedly walked to the dog to pet it,but as her hand approached the animal,it barked and bit her.The bite was painful and caused her to cry.Now Jodie cries when she sees dogs of any color or size.In the example,the dog's bark and bite is the:

Which of the following illustrates an unconditioned stimulus (UCS)?

Which of the following is NOT a negative reinforcer?

The concept of latent learning was developed by __________ .

Imagine that you flinch after seeing lightning because in previous instances the lightning is followed by thunder,which scared you.In this scenario,lightning can be interpreted as being a(n):

In the classic study of fear conditioning in a human infant (the "Albert" experiment),what was the CS?

The learning of phobias is a very good example of which certain type of classical conditioning?

What is likely to happen to rats that drink a saccharin solution and are then shocked?

The abbreviation CR stands for ______________.

Which of the following is a secondary reinforcer?

A reinforcer that removes something unpleasant from a situation is a __________.

College students faced with unsolvable problems eventually give up and make only half?hearted attempts to solve new problems,even when the new problems can be solved easily.This behavior is probably due to __________.

Repeatedly presenting a CS by itself will result in:

You walk up to a soda machine,put in a dollar,and are rewarded with a bottle of root beer.When you put in another dollar,you get another soda.Assuming that the machine does not run out of root beer,which kind of reinforcement schedule does this machine operate on?

As she walked through her neighborhood,Jodie,a 6 year old girl,frequently saw a large brown dog.She repeatedly walked to the dog to pet it,but as her hand approached the animal,it barked and bit her.The bite was painful and caused her to cry.Now Jodie cries when she sees dogs of any color or size.Jodie now cries when she sees any dog,big or small,brown or black,etc.This illustrates which of the following?

The person most directly associated with operant conditioning is ______.

One of the best known examples of classical conditioning in humans was the Little Albert study,conducted by _______.

Mary arrives home to find her son washing the dirty dishes left from his party the night before.When she discovers his first-semester grade report on the table and sees that he got straight A's,Mary rewards him by relieving him of the unpleasant task of finishing the dishes.Which operant process does the example illustrate?

The kind of learning that applies to voluntary behavior is called ______________.

Bobby and Sue were parked at Lover's Lane.When Bobby kissed Sue,his breathing accelerated.Sue always wore Chanel #5 when she went out with Bobby.Chanel #5 is the: