Exam 5: Learning

A 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 actual violence we see in schools today.What psychological process are the representatives probably considering as the reason that TV influences school violence?

Which of the following is an example of a primary reinforcer?

Last month Walter became sick after eating two chili dogs,so he no longer likes chili dogs.Walter has experienced ____________.

A small boy has just recently delighted his parents because he learned to call his father "daddy." However,it has now become an embarrassment to his mother when she takes him out with her because he keeps calling other men "daddy." This is an example of:

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

Harmony notices that her cat salivates as soon as her cat hears the sound of Harmony opening a can with an electric can opener.In this example,the _______________ is the conditioned stimulus.

"Digital natives" refers to people who were born in industrialized countries,whereas "analog natives" refers to people who were born in developing nations.

A stimulus presented to a person or animal that decreases the probability of a particular response is known as __________.

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

According to your textbook authors,all but WHICH of the following are characteristics of learning?

A researcher places dogs in a cage with metal bars on the floor.The dogs are randomly given electric shocks and can do nothing to prevent them or stop them.Later,the same dogs are placed in a cage where they can escape the shocks by jumping over a low hurdle.When the shocks are given,the dogs do not even try to escape.They just sit and cower.This is an example of ____________.

John Watson offered a live,white rat to Little Albert and then made a loud noise behind his head by striking a steel bar with a hammer.The white rat served as the __________ in his study.

Which of the following is a secondary reinforcer?

For every A that she receives.Which of the following processes is probably taking place in her brain in anticipation of this monetary reward?

Which of the following has been used to help children with problems related to bedwetting?

As an infant,Stephanie received many penicillin injections from the doctor.When she later saw a photographer in a white coat that was similar to the doctor's coat,she started to cry.This is an example of _______________.

What would you predict about Little Albert based on the principle of spontaneous recovery?

During your very first visit to your campus,you probably needed a map to get around efficiently.However,a little while later you no longer needed the map,because _______ had occurred.

Pavlov placed meat powder in the mouths of dogs,and they began to salivate.The food acted as a (an)____________.

Conditioned taste aversions are an example of something called __________.