Exam 7: Exstintion: Learning and Conditioning

For over a month,Ruth studies every night for four hours in order to do well in her college courses.However,she is beginning to feel left out of things because she is losing so much fun time with her friends.Ruth then reduces her night studying time,thus illustrating the influence of:

The _________ stimulus signals whether a response will pay off.

Many people have learned to dislike a food after eating it and falling ill.Psychologist Martin Seligman reported how he was conditioned to hate béarnaise sauce. Explain how this conditioning took place. In what way does his experience illustrate the role that biological priming plays in this type of conditioning. What food do you dislike? Analyze whether your reaction to this food could have been formed through conditioning.

When speaking of reinforcers,the words "positive" and "negative" refer to procedures.

Casey learns a positive response to the word birthday because of its association with gifts and attention.This would be an example of:

Social-cognitive learning theorists and behaviorists would agree that:

Adrianna's parents nag her because she is not living up to her academic potential.She increases her study time to stop the nagging.This is an example of:

Patients may generalize the nausea caused by chemotherapy to the place where the therapy takes place.When this occurs,the unconditioned stimulus is:

After Little Albert acquired a conditioned fear of a rat,Watson and Rayner wanted to see how he would react to a white rabbit,cotton wool,and a Santa Claus mask.They were studying whether or not _______________ had occurred.

B.F.Skinner theorized that:

Quarters spilling from a slot machine would be secondary reinforcers.

John Watson and Rosalie Rayner deliberately established a phobia in a boy using classical conditioning techniques.

If a dog begins to salivate at the sight of its dog food dish,then the dish is called a conditioned stimulus.

All of the following positively affect the influence of intrinsic rewards EXCEPT: