Exam 4: Learning

A reinforcer that removes something unpleasant from a situation is called a ________ reinforcer.

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

The type of learning that involves a sudden coming together of the elements of a situation so that the solution to a problem is instantly clear is __________.

The process of presenting the conditioned stimulus alone so often that the learner no longer associates it with the unconditioned stimulus and stops making the conditioned response is called _________ .

Spontaneous recovery:

Which of the following is an example of classical conditioning?

The process by which experience results in a relatively permanent change in what one is capable of doing is called:

The type of learning that involves a sudden coming together of the elements of a situation so that the solution to a problem is instantly clear is _____.

Animals exposed to unavoidable,uncontrollable aversive stimulation exhibit _______ when later trained in an avoidance procedure.

In classical conditioning,when a neutral stimulus is paired with a stimulus that naturally elicits a response,the neutral stimulus eventually elicits a similar response or becomes a/an _______ stimulus.

An infant who is fed every four hours is on a schedule that is SIMILAR to which of the following?

In the experiment with Little Albert,the conditioned stimulus was _______.

To avoid getting a headache,Lory always lets her dog outside when it sits by the door and howls.This is an example of which type of punishment or reinforcement?

By pairing the ringing of a bell with the presentation of meat,Pavlov trained dogs to salivate to the sound of a bell even when no meat was presented.In this experiment,the presentation of the meat was the _______.

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

Which two learning processes seem to be opposites?

By pairing the ringing of a bell with the presentation of meat,Pavlov trained dogs to salivate to the sound of a bell even when no meat was presented.In this experiment,the ringing of the bell was the __________.

In classical conditioning,the interstimulus interval refers to the amount of time between ________.

Cognitive learning theories attempt to explain how learning occurs using:

On a fixed-ratio schedule reinforcement is given ________ .