Exam 6: Learning

What type of learning occurs when one's behavior is modified simply through exposure to others performing a behavior?

Which of the following terms is used to describe the removal of a stimulus?

The idea that the consequences of our actions determine the likelihood they will be performed in the future underlies:

Allie is afraid of her neighbor's large dog.She then becomes afraid of any dog she sees on the street,and eventually she fears even pictures of dogs or toy dogs.This change in her fear of dogs represents:

When,after extensive extinction trials,the presentation of the conditioned stimulus briefly produces a conditioned response,this process is known as:

As discussed in the text,in the fear conditioning of Little Albert,Joh B.Watson used the following stimuli: unconditioned stimulus-________; conditioned stimulus-________.n

Behaviorism has helped psychologists gain an understanding of drug tolerance by showing that:

Why isB.F.Skinner's dream of solving all social problems through operant conditioning impossible?

You want your dog to stop barking unnecessarily so you take him to a dog trainer.The trainer tells you that the key to good training is figuring out how to increase the desired behavior.According to the trainer,which of the following is the best approach?

Layla wants to teach a mouse to put half its food in a small box.Its reward will be to get twice as much food later.Why will this be difficult?

Ian,age 2,was watching his father hammer a nail.His father hit his own thumb and then used several expletives.As his father went in the house for a Band-Aid,Ian went over to the nail,picked up the hammer,pretended to hit his finger,and repeated the expletives.This scenario is an example of what kind of learning?

The strongest associations between an unconditioned stimulus and a conditioned stimulus occur when:

Which factor may account for the relation between children's observing violence in the media and their later likelihood of showing aggression?

Dante was sitting on a rock to rest during a hike.Suddenly he felt immense pain and looked down to see a snake had bitten him in the leg.He is now terrified of anything that even resembles a snake.Dante has developed a(n):

Primary reinforcers:

Setting dates exactly one month apart for exams is an example of testing on a:

What is an unconditioned response?

According to Skinner,what consequence is most conducive to learning?

John wants to teach his pet to do a trick.Based on the partial-reinforcement extinction effect,what type(s)of reinforcement should he use if he wants to ensure enduring,stable behavior?

You know that genetics has given your new baby sister innate traits,such as how to suckle and cry.Yet some people tell you that she is born knowing nothing.These people believe in ________,which says that the environment teaches infants everything.