Exam 5: Learning

The only vending machine in your dorm is notorious for delivering its merchandise only occasionally when people put money in it. This is most similar to a ________ schedule of reinforcement.

If a rat has learned to press a lever to obtain pellets of food and, all of a sudden, the response permanently ceases to produce any food, then ________ will occur.

Which of the following illustrates an unconditioned stimulus (UCS)?

Most young children put their hands over their ears when they hear the loud boom of firecrackers at a Fourth of July festival, but at first pay scant attention to the person lighting the firecrackers. However, after just a few firecrackers have been exploded, some of the children put their hands over their ears as soon as they see the person approach the firecracker with a match! What is the unconditioned response?

Social learning theory's foremost proponent is ________.

According to B. F. Skinner, negative reinforcement of a response makes you more likely to continue to make that response.

Which of the following events most intrigued Pavlov and led to his discoveries?

Thorndike was known for his work with ________.

Which of the following statements is TRUE about operant conditioning?

When someone uses negative reinforcement to change a behavior, the behavior is likely to ________.

Alan always turns the aquarium light on before putting fish food into the tank. After a while, he notices that the fish swim to the top to look for the food as soon as he turns on the light. In this example, the ________ is the unconditioned stimulus.

When the CS is repeatedly presented in the absence of the UCS, the CR will eventually "die out" in a process called ________.

Sandy's favorite activity is to go to Las Vegas and play the slot machines. Her gambling behavior is being reinforced on a ________ schedule.

Cognitive learning involves:

If Billy was praised every 4th time he collected rocks without throwing them, his behavior would be on which schedule of reinforcement?

Training a rat to push a lever to escape from an electric shock is an example of:

How does one know he/she has classically conditioned a person or an animal?

When Pavlov placed food in the mouths of canine subjects, they began to salivate. The salivation was a(n) ________.

When a CS is repeatedly presented by itself, ________ will occur.

Lila doesn't like her psychology class because the instructor uses unannounced pop exams to test the class. As a result, she never knows when she will be tested. Her instructor is testing her on a ________ schedule.