Exam 6: Learning

What is an example of a token economy that a fourth-grade teacher might use for her students?

Who founded the school of behaviorism?

Adjusting to a phone ringing during a lecture is an example of ________ learning,whereas feeling excited when your own phone gives a text message alert is an example of ________ learning.

According to your textbook,what would be the best parenting method to encourage your child to do well in school?

The theory that animals are genetically programmed to fear particular things that threaten their survival is known as:

What is an unconditioned stimulus?

Which of the following could be classified as a reinforcer?

Food is considered a primary reinforcer,whereas ________ is a secondary reinforcer.

As discussed in the text,Bandura's study of children's play habits with the "Bobo" doll provided evidence that:

Golf course owners put their sprinklers on a ________ schedule so that people can know when they can play on the course without getting wet.

What psychological principle did Pavlov's experiments teach us?

Token economies are an example of the ways mental health hospitals and other training centers use:

How might behavioral techniques help treat phobias?

According to Watson's view,which is not necessarily considered accurate today,what is the only valid indicator of psychological activity,and why?

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 unconditioned stimulus?

What does the occurrence of spontaneous recovery tell you about the functional properties of extinction?

What is the difference between a positive and a negative prediction error?

You are driving to school when suddenly an ambulance rushes past you with its sirens blaring,shocking you so much that you fear that you might lose control of your car.A minute later,you hear sirens in the distance and increase your vigilance to be prepared for another emergency vehicle on the road.What change has come over your normal reaction to sirens?

The Rescorla-Wagner model of the cognitive components of conditioning states that the strength of the conditioned stimulus-unconditioned stimulus association depends on how ________ the unconditioned stimulus is.

When slight differences in the form of conditioned stimuli still produce the same conditioned response,the learning phenomenon of ________ is occurring.