Exam 7: Learning and Bahaviour Analysis

Your professor has informed you at the beginning of the term that you will have eight tests-but they will all be unannounced.This is most similar to a _______ reinforcement schedule.

An infant who is fed every four hours is on a schedule that is SIMILAR to which of the following?

Peggy wanted to teach her dog how to roll over.She tried giving him instructions,but it didn't work.She tried waiting for him to roll over so she could reinforce the behaviour,but she had to go to bed before the dog rolled.Finally,she began reinforcing the dog when it made behaviours that more closely resembled rolling over.At last,using _______,she was able to teach the dog to do the trick.

Which of the following is a conditioned reinforcer?

When the removal of an event increases the likelihood of a prior response,_______ has occurred.

Which of the following is an example of a primary reinforcer?

Putting on sunglasses to relieve glare is an example of which of the types of punishment and reinforcement?

In classical conditioning,the stimulus that normally evokes an automatic response even without new learning is called the:

Taste aversions seem to be specific examples of what type of learning?

An example of a behaviour that is learned through operant conditioning is _____________.

Which of the following statements about punishment is NOT true?

Most young children put their hands over their ears when they hear the loud boom of firecrackers at a Canada Day festival,but at first pay scant attention to the person lighting the firecrackers.However,after just a few firecrackers have been exploded,some of the children put their hands over their ears as soon as they see the person approach the firecracker with a match! What is the conditioned stimulus?

The schedule of reinforcement that yields the slowest increase in a behaviour and the fastest extinction of the behaviour when the schedule is stopped is ________.

Lila doesn't like her psychology class because the instructor uses unannounced pop exams to test the class.As a result,she never knows when she will be tested.Her instructor is testing her on a __________ schedule.

Which of the following is a conditioned reinforcer?

Anything that increases the likelihood that a behaviour will occur more frequently is called a(n)__________ .

On a variable-interval schedule,reinforcement is given _________ .

A small boy has just recently delighted his parents because he learned to call his father "daddy." However,it has now become an embarrassment to his mother when she takes him out with her because he keeps calling other men "daddy." This is an example of:

You have a class in which you have a quiz every Friday.Your studying for quizzes is reinforced on what type of schedule?

Classical is to _______ as operant is to _______.