Exam 4: Learning

Operant conditioning assumes that:

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

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

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

When a CR has been conditioned to a particular stimulus,the organism will also tend to make the CR in response to other stimuli.This phenomenon is called:

Training a rat to push a lever to escape from an electric shock is an example of:

The mental storing of an entire image of an area,such as a maze or floor plan of a building is called______.

A woodchuck tries to crack a walnut shell in two different ways--with his paws and with his teeth.The last method worked and the first did not;hence,the woodchuck will be more likely to rely on his teeth for splitting the next nut.This observation illustrates the:

In the classic study of fear conditioning in a human infant (the "Albert" experiment),what was the UCS?

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

The mental image of an area,such as a maze or the floor plan of a building,is called _____________.

The person associated with the Law of Effect is _______.

Social learning theory's foremost proponent is __________ .

On a variable-interval schedule,reinforcement is given for the __________.

The process by which experience or practice results in a relatively permanent change in behavior or potential behavior is known as __________.

Abigail is trying to figure out how she can BEST use employee pay to shape her employees' behavior.She is worried about consistent behavior,not speed.Therefore,she is interested in getting a slow but steady rate of response from her workers.According to reinforcement principles,she should probably use a ________ schedule.

Classical conditioning was discovered by:

A person originally feared great heights,such as standing on top of tall buildings.Now the person has also developed fears of flying in airplanes,standing on ladders,and even watching high-wire artists perform.These new fears are probably the result of _______.

In Bandura's classic (1965)study of children exposed to a film of an adult hitting a Bobo doll,__________ .

If Billy was praised every 4th time he collected rocks without throwing them,his behavior would be on which schedule of reinforcement?