Exam 5: Learning

Which of the following would be classified as a secondary reinforcer?

The person most closely associated with research on learned helplessness is ________.

Which of the following is a secondary reinforcer?

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

________ is an operant-conditioning procedure in which successive approximations of a desired response are reinforced.

Animals exposed to unavoidable, uncontrollable aversive stimulation exhibit ________ when later trained in an avoidance procedure.

A reinforcer that adds something rewarding to a situation is called a(n) ________ reinforcer.

Negative reinforcement is best thought of as:

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

A conditioned stimulus is presented repeatedly without the paired presentation of the UCS. After time, the subject no longer makes the conditioned response. This fading of the CR is known as habituation.

A ________ reinforcer is any reward that satisfies a basic, biological need, such a hunger, thirst, or touch.

Which of the following types of brain imaging techniques does your textbook note can be used for neurofeedback data collection?

Professor Rochelle told her students that if her door was closed it meant that she was unavailable to them and would be angry if they knocked on her door. But if her door was open, it meant that she was in a rare good mood and would answer questions at that time. Professor Rochelle's door being open was a ________ for ________.

What was the conditioned stimulus (CS) in the case of Little Albert?

A negative reinforcer is a stimulus that is ________ and thus ________ the probability of a response.

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. Whenever Bobby smelled Chanel #5, he began to breathe faster. Sue's kiss was the:

Which of the following is a secondary reinforcer?

Classical conditioning was discovered by ________.

The learning of phobias is a very good example of which certain type of classical conditioning?

The process by which experience or practice results in a relatively permanent change in behavior or potential behavior is known as ________.