Exam 22: Operant Conditioning

Your friend James tells you that he believes the conclusions of a research article that viewing violent media has a minimal effect on aggressive behavior.Based on the text discussion,how would you respond to your friend? How would you describe the opposite view of the research in this area ?

In a well-known experiment,preschool children pounded and kicked a large inflated Bobo doll that an adult had just beaten on.This experiment served to illustrate the importance of

Rats most easily learn to associate nausea-producing radiation treatments with

Learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it is called

Most of the TV shows that 9-year-old Fred watches involve violence.This is most likely to lead Fred to

Like European Christians who risked their lives to rescue Jews from the Nazis,civil rights activists of the 1960s had parents who

Tendencies developed through evolutionary history that predispose members of a species to learn some associations more readily than others illustrate

It's easier to train a pigeon to peck a disk for a food reward than to flap its wings for a food reward.This illustrates the importance of ________ in learning.

Latent learning can occur in the absence of

A dramatic increase in children's violent play after they viewed violent cartoons illustrates the role of television as a source of

Using rewards to bribe people to engage in an activity they already enjoy is most likely to inhibit

Recognizing that one of your friends is feeling angry and that another friend is feeling sad illustrates an ability known as

According to some researchers,a televised fistfight may lead viewers to mentally simulate fistfighting thanks to the activation of

Mr.Zandee has stopped smoking because he wants to model healthy behavior patterns for his children.Mr.Zandee is apparently aware of the importance of ________ in his children's development.

Desensitization has been found to be an important factor contributing to

Studies of latent learning highlight the importance of

Young children's developing capacity to experience empathy for another's suffering provides an indication of their developing

Caroline loves to read and enjoys looking up the meanings of words she does not know.In school,her teacher promises a gold star to students each time they learn a new word.The teacher's behavior is most likely to undermine

We are especially likely to vicariously experience the reinforcing outcomes of those we perceive as

Bandura's experiments indicate that ________ is important in the process of learning.