Exam 5: Learning

Who was one of the first researchers to explore and outline the laws of voluntary responses?

Observational learning theory's foremost proponent is ________.

Thorndike was known for his work with ________.

An experimenter finds that a certain male subject always has an increased heartbeat when he sees a picture of a nude female. The experimenter sounds a buzzer and then presents such a picture. The experimenter repeats this procedure until the man responds with an increased heartbeat to the sound of the buzzer alone. In this situation the UNCONDITIONED response is the ________.

A school issues tokens to the children for good behavior. This issue of a token is an example of ________.

Gretta spends a lot of time at the race track betting on ponies, and occasionally she wins. The frequency of her betting is controlled by which of the following?

Dad is watching a home improvement show about how to install a new sink. He really wants to do it and watches the show intently. He knows that his wife will reward him when he is done. However, when he tests the new sink, water spurts everywhere. Taking the new sink apart, he finds that he has left out the crucial washers in the faucet assembly even though this was emphasized in the TV show. What part of Bandura's theory of the necessary components of observational learning is most likely the reason for this disaster?

What could John Watson have done to eliminate Little Albert's conditioned fear?

The "aha!" experience is known as ________.

The concept of latent learning was developed by ________.

If one presented the conditioned stimulus (such as a metronome) after the presentation of the unconditioned stimulus (the food) in Pavlov's learning experiment, little or no classical conditioning would occur.

What kind of reinforcement is used if Sally's parents give her $10 every time she accumulates six A's on her tests?

A Skinner box is most likely to be used in research on ________.

When you were first learning to make your bed, your parents told you that you did a good job when you got the bedspread pulled up, even though the bed was still a little messy. For the next week they showed you how to be a little neater each time you made the bed. What operant conditioning procedure did your parents use?

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:

Stimulus discrimination:

The type of learning that involves a sudden coming together of the elements of a situation so that the solution to a problem is instantly clear is ________.

Pavlov placed food in the mouths of dogs, and they began to salivate. The food acted as a(n) ________.

Which of the following is a modern term that replaces what was once called behavior modification?

Rachel has found that when she opens up the cupboard door to get the cat food, the cats come running to the kitchen. Rachel knows that this is classical conditioning, that the unconditioned stimulus is the __________ and that the conditioned stimulus is the ________.