Exam 22: Operant Conditioning

When a monkey grasps,holds,or tears something,mirror neurons fire.And they likewise fire when the monkey observes another doing so.This demonstrates the value of

Animals tend to revert from newly learned habits to their biologically predisposed behaviors.This is an example of

Cognitive learning involves the acquisition of

Preparedness is

Some psychologists believe that rats develop mental representations of mazes they have explored.These representations are called

The best evidence that animals develop cognitive maps comes from studies of

Mr.Angelou believes that movies and televised news reports should portray only justifiable acts of violence and should never focus on the physical injury and suffering caused by these acts.Use your understanding of observational learning to indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with Mr.Angelou.

Alex learned to babysit and care for young children effectively by observing the many ways his mother carefully nurtured his own younger siblings.This best illustrates the value of observational learning for promoting

The desire to engage in an activity for the sake of its enjoyment alone involves

Garcia and Koelling's findings on taste aversion in rats challenged the previously accepted principle that

A psychologist who emphasizes cognitive processes would be likely to suggest that classical conditioning depends on

It has been suggested that ________ are activated when a monkey moves a peanut into its own mouth and when a monkey simply observes other monkeys move a peanut into their mouths.

After reading a first-person account of another's experience of overcoming obstacles to vote,university students were subsequently more likely to vote in a presidential primary election.This best illustrates the impact of

Ten-year-old Karen frequently watches violent movies on television.This is most likely to lead her to

The brain's capacity to simulate and vicariously experience the observed postures and facial expressions of others most clearly contributes to the development of a child's

When seeing a couple warmly kiss and embrace,observers may vicariously experience and mentally simulate the romantic interaction.According to some researchers,this reaction of the observers is partially attributable to the activation of

Because Yuri was curious about human behavior,he enrolled in an introductory psychology course.George registered because he heard it was an easy course that would boost his grade-point average.In this instance,Yuri's behavior was a reflection of ________,whereas George's behavior was a reflection of ________.

Evidence that organisms are biologically predisposed to learn the associations that most readily aid their survival has been provided by

If you get violently ill a couple of hours after eating contaminated food,you will probably develop an aversion to the taste of that food but not to the sight of the restaurant where you ate or to the sound of music you heard there.This best illustrates that associative learning is constrained by

Sandy finds it harder to frown when watching her brother smile than when seeing him frown.Scientists are currently debating whether this can be attributed to the activation of