Exam 7: Section 2: Learning

Cramming for exams is an example of:

Johnny hated going to the doctor because he always received vaccinations. When he entered the doctor's office, he would become anxious and his stomach would hurt. When Johnny reached the age of 8, he was finished with his immunizations. After many trips to the doctor's office with no injections, what should happen with Johnny's anxiety and stomachache?

One day, in the midst of his babbling, baby Chad uttered the sound "mama" in the presence of his mother. Chad's mother screamed in delight. This noise startled baby Chad; he stopped uttering that sound for quite some time, illustrating the effects of:

When your 3-year-old sister threw a tantrum over the candy she wanted, your mother gave it to her so that she would calm down. Although counterproductive in the long-run, in that moment, your mother's behavior was being _____ by _____.

Which statement about implicit learning in patients suffering from psychosis and college students is true?

One day when Max was bowling, his shoelaces came untied and he bowled a strike. From then onward, Max always bowled with his shoes untied. This action is an example of:

Thorndike found that, with continued experience in the puzzle box, effective responses _____ and ineffective responses ______.

Dopamine-blocking drugs:

In second-order conditioning, the CS is paired with a:

Holly's blender makes a noise similar to the can opener, but her cat doesn't get up from the sofa when it hears it. This demonstrates:

Tammy ate raw oysters for the first time and, four hours later, became extremely sick to her stomach. Now, the smell of oysters makes her stomach queasy. What is the CR?

When something desirable is presented upon the occurrence of a behavior, and as a result that behavior is strengthened, _____ has happened.

Jeremy goes to crowded parties and approaches women with a cheesy pick-up line designed to get their phone numbers. Jeremy never knows which women will fall for his line, but he does know that if he asks enough women, it's quite probable that he will get a phone number. Jeremy's behavior is being reinforced on a _____ schedule.

Recent brain-imagining research has shown that _____ is activated during artificial grammar learning and the _____ cortex is activated during sequence learning on serial reaction time tasks.

A person tries to call her friend and there is no answer. She waits a little while and tries again but there is still no answer. She continues to try for the rest of the day but her friend never answers. Exasperated, she gives up. What is happening to the friend-calling behavior?

A CS paired with shock will produce all of these in a rat EXCEPT:

Regions in the _____ lobes are thought to be part of the mirror neuron system in humans.

Every time Kasey, the dog, whines, her owners give her a doggie treat. As a result of her clueless owners, Kasey is a very whiney dog, illustrating the effects of _____ conditioning.

In recent research on neural pathways during implicit and explicit learning, participants who were given explicit instructions showed increased activity in the _____, whereas those given implicit instructions showed decreased activity in the _____.

When you put money in the candy machine, you expect to be reinforced on a _____ schedule.