Exam 5: Learning

Getting paid for each basket of apples you gather represents which schedule of reinforcement?

A ________ reinforcer, such as money or praise, typically gets its value through an association with a(n) ________ reinforcer.

The Law of Effect was proposed by:

John has been working on a math problem late at night without success; he falls asleep. Upon awakening, John suddenly realizes how to answer the problem. This BEST illustrates which of the following?

A change in behavior that is relatively permanent and brought about by experience is commonly referred to by psychologists as acquisition behavior.

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:

Corky's mouth waters when he sees Ball Park Franks, but not when he sees other brands of franks. This response is known as:

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, the ringing of the bell was the ________.

Which of the following is a primary reinforcer?

Ellen, an adult who has an intellectual disability, has just received a "token." Based on this information, it is most reasonable to assume that Ellen ________.

An infant who is fed every four hours is on a schedule that is SIMILAR to which of the following?

An example of a discriminative stimulus might be ________.

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

Cognitive learning theories attempt to explain how learning occurs using:

The "aha!" moment that indicates insight learning was first hypothesized by Tolman.

Classical conditioning was accidentally discovered by Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov while he was studying the digestive system in his dogs.

Which of the following is an example of punishment by removal?

Emitted, voluntary behavior is BEST modified by ________.

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

You decide that you are going to condition your dog to salivate to the sound of a metronome. You sound the metronome and then several minutes later you give the dog a biscuit. You do this several times but no conditioning seems to occur. This is probably because ________.