Exam 7: A: Learning and Bahaviour Analysis

Which statement is an example of a reinforcement contingency?

In a classical conditioning experiment,which term characterizes the food?

A youngster finds that whenever he cries,he receives attention from his mom.He,therefore,cries a lot more in order to receive attention.Which term best describes the attention received?

A girl classically conditions her dog to blink by blowing into her dog's eyes just after saying "Blink." Unfortunately,her parrot overhears the procedure,and says "Blink" all day long when the girl is out.When she returns,the girl says "Blink" to her dog,but he does not blink.What is the most likely explanation for the dog's behaviour?

In classical conditioning,when appropriately paired with an unconditioned stimulus,a previously neutral stimulus will become a(n)__________ and will elicit a(n)__________.

What does negative reinforcement do to the probability of a behaviour over time?

According to Skinner,what is three-term contingency?

Nick experiences nausea immediately upon entering the clinic where his chemotherapy sessions take place.In the context of classical conditioning,which term best characterizes the clinic setting?

Which scenario best supports the results of Robert Rescorla's research on the importance of contingency in classical conditioning?

Every morning Tiffany makes a list of what she is going to do that day.She then performs the tasks in order of their appeal to her,doing the least appealing thing first and the most appealing thing last.Which term best characterizes Tiffany's approach?

A child is bitten by a dog while delivering a newspaper to a house.The next day when he sees the house he feels anxious,even though the dog is nowhere in sight.What is the CS?

A tennis player has learned that a "lob" shot is likely to be successful whenever her opponent runs up to the net.Which term best characterizes the sight of her opponent at the net?

Which school of psychology was founded by John Watson?

In negative punishment,what happens to the probability of a response when the desired stimulus is initially removed?

Positive reinforcers increase the probability of a behaviour whereas negative reinforcers decrease the probability of a behaviour.

Imagine that you are a salesperson whose salary will be determined solely by the number of items that you sell each week.Since some weeks are better for sales than others,your pay will most likely follow a fixed-ratio schedule.

Laboratory animals are taught that a tone predicts food delivery.A light is then added as a second CS and they are given additional trials paired with food.If the animals now are tested with the light alone,what will they do?

To condition fear in Little Albert,what did Watson and Rayner use as a UCS?

A drug addict always "shoots up" at his girlfriend's house.On the day that they break up,he injects himself with his usual dose of heroin,but this time it is in his own home.Based on the research findings of Shepard Siegel,what will most likely happen to the addict?

In classic studies with animals,Keller and Marion Breland used operant conditioning techniques in their training.Even when animals learned to make operant responses perfectly,however,their behaviours gradually showed evidence of "misbehaviour," which was attributed to a tendency called __________ .