Exam 6: Procedural Learning II: Habits and Instrumental Learning

When studying the role that the striatum plays in instrumental learning, most research is done with _________.

When a student learns that no matter what they do or how hard they study they will never do well in a school, it is called acquired helplessness.

A VI-20 schedule would suggest that one gets rewarded after a(n) _________.

As you watch your mother typing on the computer you notice that she does not look at the keys and she moves over the keyboard effortlessly. She is in what stage of motor skill learning?

Describe the differences between FR-10, FI-10, VR-10, and a VI-10 schedule of reinforcement.

Denise's brother, Jack, wears unmatched socks when he plays basketball because the last time he did that his team won the game. He believes that this odd behavior was correlated with the win. This is an example of _________.

Research indicates that when you are stressed there may be a shift from a _______ strategy to a _________ strategy.

During partial reinforcement a tally is generally kept of the behavioral patterns through a running sum or cumulative response.

If a rat is rewarded for switching back and forth from left- to right-hand turns, it is called _________.

When classical and operant conditioning are used together to train animals to perform a behavior, it is called ________.

Superstitious learning is a form of contextual conditioning

In the Law of Effect only certain behaviors called _________ increased in likelihood when followed by a reinforcer.

According to learned helplessness, if a response to a stimulus is followed by a satisfying event then the likelihood of the initial behavior will increase.

An example of belongingness for a cat in a puzzle box might be string pulling.

Dr. Todd gives his clients paperclips every time they complete their daily therapy homework assignments. At the end of the week they can turn in the paperclips for special privileges. He is working a schedule of _________.

In instrumental conditioning, a particular memory is created called a habit.

An early view of how we become so skilled at motor behaviors was through mediation of ____________ mechanisms.

Sally got a new job selling time shares over the phone and gets a bonus check after an average of five sales. She is on a _________ schedule of reinforcement.

If the attractive value of a reinforcer changes after instrumental learning occurs it is called reinforcer devaluation.

According to the law of effect, when a response to a stimulus is followed by an annoying event the initial behavior should become _________.