Exam 5: Learning

The person most closely associated with the law of effect is __________.

Sue noticed that whenever she opened the door to the pantry,her dog would come into the kitchen and act hungry,by drooling and whining.She thought that because the dog food was stored in the pantry,the sound of the door had become a(n)______.

One might expect that classical conditioning was discovered by a psychologist.However,it was discovered by a ____________.

________ disability refers to any problems related to the brain's ability to process,analyze,or store information.

On a fixed-interval schedule,reinforcement is given _______.

The person most directly associated with operant conditioning is ______.

An animal is conditioned to salivate to a metronome using Pavlovian procedures.After the conditioning is established,the animal is then put through an extinction procedure and the conditioned salivation disappears.Then the animal is removed from the test situation for several days.When returned to the test situation,the conditioned response is seen again.The effect is known as ________.

The "aha" moment that indicates insight learning was first hypothesized by Tolman.

When Pavlov placed meat powder or other food in the mouths of canine subjects,they began to salivate.The salivation was a(n)____________.

What part of the brain,important in learning and memory,has been found to demonstrate more neurogenesis in animals exposed to enriched environments?

Instinctive or involuntary behavior would probably be best modified by ___________.

If you nag someone until they do a chore,and then stop nagging them when they do it,it is an example of __________.

The primary research that was used to formulate a theory of learned helplessness examined the way dogs would respond to shocks in an enclosed box..

Every time she accumulates six As on her tests?

The process of learning to respond only to a specific stimulus while disregarding other stimuli is called stimulus _________.

A grandmother gives her grandchild a cookie because the child cleaned her room.What is the cookie in this example?

Fred is afraid of spiders.He won't even watch a nature show on TV about them.When he sees a picture of a spider,he has a panic attack,but when he avoids looking at the image,his panic goes away.Fred's avoidance of spiders is being __________________.

Observational learning theory's foremost proponent is ______.

What is the first step in constructing an effective behavior modification plan?

__________ is an operant-conditioning procedure in which successive approximations of a desired response are reinforced.