Exam 5: Learning

The apparatus that has come to symbolize the theory of operant conditioning is the:

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 presentation of the meat was the ________.

According to Rescorla's theory, the CS must ________ the UCS or conditioning does not occur.

When Luke kissed Laura, her heart rate increases. Luke always wore Old Spice After Shave. Whenever Laura smelled Old Spice, her heart would race. Laura's increased heart rate when she smelled Old Spice was the:

Elizabeth was given a $1000 raise after her last performance evaluation. Her raise is a:

Cheryl is trying to teach her son to do the laundry by having him watch her. According to observational learning theory, to be effective what must occur?

A procedure used to teach a whole behavior by first training its parts is called:

Repeatedly presenting a CS by itself will result in ________.

The founder of Gestalt psychology and pioneer of insight problem solving was:

Which of the following is NOT a negative reinforcer?

When an action results in a pleasurable consequence, the probability of repeating that action increases. This BEST illustrates:

Who formulated the law of effect?

Operant conditioning assumes that:

Positive reinforcers:

The spread of conditioning to stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus is called:

TB_05_175_Observational Learning_Apply_LO 5.13, APA 1.1, 1.3A Congressional hearing is taking place in Washington, D.C. The representatives are discussing whether the portrayals of violence on children's TV shows are perhaps contributing to the violence we see in schools today. The work of what psychologist is most relevant to their discussions?

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, salivation to the meat was the ________.

New learning that works in the opposite direction from the original learning results in ________.

Kelsey just told her family a really funny joke that she made up herself. In order to use a secondary reinforcer to encourage her to keep telling jokes, Kelsey's dad might ________.

In Pavlov's original experiment of classical conditioning, dogs learned to salivate at the sound of a metronome when the metronome was repeatedly paired with the presentation of food. The food is referred to as the unconditioned response.