Exam 7: Learning and Bahaviour Analysis

Classical conditioning was discovered by:

Presenting the unconditioned stimulus before the conditioned stimulus is known as _________ conditioning.

Which of the following statements about positive reinforcers is accurate?

Learning is a process by which experience results in __________.

When Luke kisses Laura,her heart rate increases.Luke always wears Old Spice after shave.Whenever Laura smells Old Spice,her heart races.Laura's increased heart rate when Luke kissed her was the:

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

Which of the following is an example of learning?

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.In the example,the dog's bark and bite is the:

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,salivation to the meat was the _______.

Rachel has found that when she opens the cupboard door to get the cat food,the cats come running to the kitchen.Rachel knows that this is classical conditioning and that the conditioned stimulus is the __________.

If a rat has learned to press a lever to obtain pellets of food and,all of a sudden,the response permanently ceases to produce any food,then _______ will occur.

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.Chanel No.5 is the:

Sandy's favourite activity is to go to Las Vegas and play the slot machines.Her gambling behaviour is being reinforced on a _______ schedule.

In the experiment with Little Albert,the conditioned stimulus was _______.

The spread of conditioning to stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus is called:

On a fixed-interval schedule,reinforcement is given _______.

A pigeon learns to peck only at a red disk.It will not peck at an identical disk of any other colour.This illustrates the concept of _______.

The person MOST closely associated with the law of effect is __________.

The process by which experience results in a relatively permanent change in what one is capable of doing is called:

Billy throws rocks.Each time he throws a rock,he is immediately spanked.Spanking is a ________.