Exam 6: D: Learning

A child who calls all four-legged animals "dogs" is exhibiting ______.

What is one POSSIBLE disadvantage of punishment?

In the experiment with Little Albert,the unconditioned response was _______.

Stimulus generalization occurs

An example of a behaviour that is learned through operant conditioning is _____________.

As she walked through her neighbourhood,Jodie,a 6-year-old girl,frequently saw a large brown dog.She repeatedly walked to the dog to pet it,but as her hand approached the animal,it barked and bit her.The bite was painful and caused her to cry.Now Jodie cries when she sees dogs of any colour or size.Jodie's crying when she sees dogs is the

Which scenario is an example of negative punishment?

The concept of latent learning was developed by __________.

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

An experiment finds that a certain male subject always has an increased heartbeat when he hears a certain piece of music.The experimenter sounds a buzzer and then plays the piece of music.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 reinforcer that adds something rewarding to a situation is called a(n)__________ reinforcer.

When someone uses punishment to change a behaviour,the behaviour is likely to ______.

When the removal of an event increases the likelihood of a prior response,_______ has occurred.

If a POSITIVE REINFORCER is added after a behaviour and the behaviour is strengthened/increased,the process used is called

Reinforcing behaviours that more closely resemble a final,terminal behaviour are called:

Which of the following is an example of learning?

Which of the following is a primary reinforcer?

When someone uses negative reinforcement to change a behaviour,the behaviour is likely to ______.

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.

If a dog salivates when it sees a green light or a yellow light,it is exhibiting ________.