Exam 5: Learning

In the "Little Albert" study,the fear-producing stimulus used as a UCS was the ______.

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

Social learning theory's foremost proponent is __________.

Though Jenny tried in vain to reach a puzzle on the top shelf by standing on a chair,she simply could not reach it.Out of nowhere,she realized that by placing a thick catalog on the seat of the chair,she would be high enough to reach the puzzle.Jenny's solution is best explained by which of the following?

Which of the following is NOT an example of operant behavior?

On a variable-interval schedule,reinforcement is given _________.

Which of the following statements is true about operant conditioning?

A pigeon learns to peck only at a red disk.It will not peck at an identical disk of any other color.This illustrates the concept of ___________.

From a(n)________ perspective,the most common phobias experienced by human beings may actually serve some survival purpose.

When the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented in the absence of the unconditioned stimulus,the conditioned response will "die out" in a process called ______________.

After a conditioned stimulus comes to elicit the conditioned response,that conditioned stimulus now can be paired with a new neutral stimulus and this second neutral stimulus will start to elicit a conditioned response.This process is called _______________.

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.

While sleeping at night through a very raucous thunderstorm,Jonathan is suddenly awakened when he hears a prowler trying to open his front door.He immediately turns on his light,at which time the prowler runs off.Jonathan's response to the sound of his door being opened demonstrates ________.

An increase in response to stimuli that are dangerous or threatening is called ________.

What must be paired together for classical conditioning to occur?

Radios before he receives $20.What schedule of reinforcement is being used?

And 6 years old,and they are both better at using my iPad than I am!" Jesse nods and says,"That is because they are ________,which means that they have grown up in the age of that sort of technology!"

The law of effect emphasized that responses were more likely to be made if they were followed by some pleasing consequence.

Continuous reinforcement results in a greater resistance to extinction than does partial reinforcement.

The neurotransmitter ________ is thought to play a significant role in the brain's reward system that is involved in the learning processes of both humans and animals.