Exam 7: Learning and Conditioning

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:

Reacting to a stimulus that is similar to the one which you have learned to react is called _______.

Which of the following is a secondary reinforcer?

When Luke kissed Laura,her heart rate increases.Luke always wore Old Spice After Shave.Whenever Laura smelled Old Spice thereafter,her heart raced.Old Spice After Shave was the:

The process of learning to respond only to a single specific object or event is called _________ .

A grandmother gives her grandchild a cookie because the child cleaned up her room.What is the cookie in this example? 8)

Negative reinforcement is best thought of as:

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

Which of the following is a secondary reinforcer?

Instinctive or involuntary behavior would probably be BEST modified by ___________ .

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

Which type of learning occurs when we observe other people act?

Which of the following is NOT a negative reinforcer?

One of the best known examples of classical conditioning in humans was the Little Albert study,conducted by _______.

Changing behavior through the reinforcement of partial responses is called _______.

Thorndike conducted research on:

Most young children put their hands over their ears when they hear the loud boom of firecrackers at a Fourth of July 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?

Learning that occurs but is not immediately reflected in a behavior change is called __________.

What must be paired together for classical conditioning to occur?

Emitted,voluntary behavior is BEST modified by _____________.