Exam 6: B: Learning

The concept of latent learning was developed by ___________.

John sees others being praised for using good penmanship and now he attempts to use good penmanship.This behaviour is reflective of ________ learning.

After watching her teenage sister put on lipstick,Julie applies some to her own lips.Julie acquired this behaviour through ________________.

When the number of responses is important to a schedule of reinforcement,that schedule is called a _____________ schedule.

Shelly has developed a fear of bridges due to the recent,graphic news coverage of people falling from a collapsed bridge.Which of the following is the CS?

Bob has learned that he can usually get what he wants from his parents if he keeps whining for something.One day Bob starts whining in the toy store because he wants an action figure.His father refuses to give it to him and ignores his whining.What process is likely to happen as a result?

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

Taste aversions seem to be specific examples of what type of learning?

Which of the following is true of learning?

Ivan Pavlov is most closely associated with ______________.

A rat learns that pressing the lever in the operant chamber will only deliver food if a red light above the lever is on.In this scenario,the red light is acting as a _________________.

The type of learning students do when studying information for a test is primarily ______________ learning.

Extinction occurs in classical conditioning when the ________ no longer produces the ________.

Spontaneous recovery

Kwan checks her email for new messages several times during the day.She realizes that because emails are sent on a ________________ schedule,checking her email more frequently will not increase the number of new emails she receives in a day.Furthermore,she knows that she cannot predict when people will email her,but if an email has been sent to her,she will receive it the next time she checks.

In which type of learning is an organism's behaviour influenced by the consequences of that behaviour?

Thorndike conducted research on ______________.

Before studying conditioning,Ivan Pavlov studied ______________.

Which of the following is true about the relationship between media violence and aggression?

The classical-conditioning term for a stimulus that elicits a reflexive response in the absence of learning is _______________.