Exam 6: Learning

The fact that Little Albert learned fear toward not only a white rat but also a ball of wool and a rabbit represents:

Being fined for overdue books is a form of:

Thorndike's studies with cats led him to state that behavior that leads to a "satisfying state of affairs" is likely to occur again,whereas behavior that leads to an "annoying state of affairs" is not likely to occur again.This principle is known as:

Billy has watched many movies in which the hero smokes cigarettes.When Billy identifies with these heroes and begins to smoke,what psychological term might be used to describe his behavior?

Receiving a reduced jail sentence for good behavior is a form of:

Habituation and sensitization come about because of:

You are conducting an informal study in which,for a month,you play a particular song for your best friend right before you serve dinner to her.Eventually,you play the song,and then wait to see how your friend responds.She begins to salivate and says she has hunger pains.In this scenario,what is the conditioned stimulus?

Pavlovian conditioning is also referred to as:

You are trying to get your roommate to keep things neater,so you leave a nice note after she makes any attempt to pick things up.After a while,you leave a note only after she has stacked the dirty dishes,then only after she has brought them to the kitchen,and finally only when she puts them in the dishwasher.This process is an example of:

Dr.Shaw has a patient with a phobia to spiders.The patient enjoys doing puzzles.Dr.Shaw exposes the patient to spiders briefly while having the patient complete a fun puzzle.What technique is Dr.Shaw using?

Food tastes better when you are hungry than when you are not because ________ dopamine is released by your ________.

Aldo cannot get the answer to a chemistry problem,even after sitting at his desk for an hour.He gets up and goes for a walk.Suddenly,the answer comes to him,even though he appears to have stopped thinking about it for a while.This phenomenon is called ________ learning.

Which of the following items would most likely be defined as a primary reinforcer?

A startling noise will always cause the human eye to blink.If one has learned to associate a blue light with a startling noise,what is the resulting blue-light-elicited eye blink known as?

Skinner's earliest work was conducted with rats in:

Learning involves all of the following EXCEPT:

Research by Shepard Siegel and colleagues has shown that tolerance to a drug's effects is most likely to be greatest in which setting?

Imitation learning is facilitated by special cells in the brain known as:

Why was Little Albert not counterconditioned,or systematically desensitized,for his acquired fear of rats?

The school of behaviorism was based on the belief that: