Exam 7: Learning and Bahaviour Analysis

A reinforcer that removes something unpleasant from a situation is called a __________ reinforcer.

Nagging someone to do something until they do it is an example of __________.

In the classic study of fear conditioning in a human infant (the "Albert" experiment),what was the CS?

An experimenter finds that a certain male subject always has an increased heartbeat when he sees a picture of a nude female.The experimenter sounds a buzzer and then presents such a picture.The experimenter repeats this procedure until the man responds with an increased heartbeat to the sound of the buzzer alone.In this situation the UNCONDITIONED response is the _______.

Which of the following is NOT a negative reinforcer?

If a dog salivates when it sees a green light or a yellow light,it is exhibiting ________.

As she walked through her neighbourhood,Jodie,a 6-year-old girl,frequently saw a large brown dog.She repeatedly walked to the dog to pet it but,as her hand approached the animal,it barked and bit her.The bite was painful and caused her to cry.Now Jodie cries when she sees dogs of any colour or size.Jodie's crying when she sees dogs is the ________.

Classical conditioning was discovered by _______.

Bobby and Sue were parked at Lover's Lane.When Bobby kissed Sue,his breathing accelerated.Sue always wore Chanel No.5 when she went out with Bobby.Bobby's accelerated breathing when he and Sue kissed is the:

Which of the following is a conditioned positive reinforcer?

Negative reinforcement is negative in the sense that:

As she walked through her neighbourhood,Jodie,a 6-year-old girl,frequently saw a large brown dog.She repeatedly walked to the dog to pet it but,as her hand approached the animal,it barked and bit her.The bite was painful and caused her to cry.Now Jodie cries when she sees dogs of any colour or size.The sight of dogs is the:

The apparatus that has come to symbolize the theory of operant conditioning is the:

An experimenter finds that a certain male subject always has an increased heartbeat when he sees a picture of a nude female.The experimenter sounds a buzzer and then presents such a picture.The experimenter repeats this procedure until the man responds with an increased heartbeat to the sound of the buzzer alone.In this situation the CONDITIONED response is the ________.

The presentation of an aversive stimulus following a particular operant response is called:

Operant conditioning assumes that:

Laura's heart rate had been conditioned to increase whenever she smelled Old Spice after shave.However,her heart would also race to the aroma of Brut and English Leather.This reaction is known as:

John's heart has been conditioned to beat rapidly whenever he smells Windsong perfume on a woman.However,John's heart also races when he smells Chanel No.5 and other perfumes.This illustrates:

By pairing the ringing of a bell with the presentation of meat,Pavlov trained dogs to salivate to the sound of a bell even when no meat was presented.In this experiment,the presentation of the meat was the _______.

On a variable-ratio schedule,reinforcement is given ________.