Exam 7: Learning and Conditioning

What do we call learning that has taken place but is not demonstrated?

Bobby and Sue were parked at Lover's Lane.When Bobby kissed Sue,his breathing accelerated.Sue always wore Chanel #5 when she went out with Bobby.Chanel #5 is the:

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?

Cognitive learning theories attempt to explain how learning occurs using:

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

Which of the following is a primary reinforcer?

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 unconditioned stimulus is the __________.

Which of the following statements about punishment is NOT true?

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

Bobby and Sue were parked at Lover's Lane.When Bobby kissed Sue,his breathing accelerated.Sue always wore Chanel #5 when she went out with Bobby.Bobby's faster breathing rate when he smells Chanel #5 is the:

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

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

Reinforcing behaviors that more closely resemble a final,terminal behavior is called:

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

Little Albert (Watson,1920)learned through classical conditioning to fear ______.

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

Which of the following is a conditioned positive reinforcer?

Pairing the US and CS is essential for _______ to occur.

Which of the following is a primary reinforcer?

A woodchuck tries to crack a walnut shell in two different ways--with his paws and with his teeth.The last method worked and the first did not; hence,the woodchuck will be more likely to rely on his teeth for splitting the next nut.This observation illustrates the: