Exam 7: Learning and Bahaviour Analysis

When Luke kissed Laura,her heart rate increased.Luke always wore Old Spice after shave.Whenever Laura smelled Old Spice thereafter,her heart raced.Old Spice after shave was the:

The process by which experience or practice results in a relatively permanent change in behaviour or potential behaviour is known as __________.

Who formulated the law of effect?

In Bandura's classic (1965)study of children exposed to a film of an adult hitting a Bobo doll,__________ .

The Canada Revenue Agency threatens Sue with a penalty if she fails to pay her back taxes.She pays,and the threat is withdrawn.In the future,she is more prompt in meeting her obligation.This is an example of the use of _______ to control behaviour.

B.F.Skinner is known for his theory of:

Which of the following would be classified as a conditioned reinforcer?

Corky's mouth waters when he sees Ball Park Franks,but not when he sees other brands of franks.This response is known as:

On a fixed-ratio schedule,reinforcement is given _________ .

Mary arrives home to find her son washing the dirty dishes left from his party the night before.When she discovers his first-semester grade report on the table and sees that he got straight A's,Mary rewards him by relieving him of the unpleasant task of finishing the dishes.Which operant process does the example illustrate?

Abigail is trying to figure out how she can BEST use employee pay to shape her employees' behaviour.She is interested in short-term productivity (speed),not consistency,long-term productivity,or employee turnover.According to reinforcement theory,she should probably use a _______ schedule.

Linda sees a sign on a farmer's fence that reads: HELP ME PICK STRAWBERRIES,FOR EVERY 5 QUARTS YOU PICK,KEEP ONE FOR YOURSELF.If Linda decides to pick strawberries for this farmer,she would be under a _______ schedule of reinforcement.

Classical is to _______ as operant is to _______.

We associate the name of __________ most closely with classical conditioning.

Spontaneous recovery:

Which of the following is an example of punishment?

If a POSITIVE REINFORCER is added after a behaviour and the behaviour is strengthened/increased,the process used is called:

To teach a tiger to jump through a flaming hoop,the tiger is first reinforced for jumping up on a certain pedestal,then for leaping from that pedestal to another.Next,the tiger has to jump through a hoop between the pedestals to get the reward.Finally,the hoop is set afire and the tiger must jump through it to get the reward.This is an example of __________ .

Which of the following is a primary reinforcer?

In classical conditioning,one must be sure to pair the: