Exam 5: Learning

Michael grows up in a home where his father is generally unloving toward his mother.He observes his father yell and degrade his mother,and he notices that his mother never resists this treatment.Based on the work of Bandura,what might we predict about Michael's own relationships when he is older?

A young boy is watching TV.In one show he sees a bully steal a lunch from another child.The bully then enjoys eating the other child's lunch.Because this boy feels that his mother makes him a rather skimpy lunch and he is always hungry at school,he starts stealing other kids' lunches at school.According to Bandura's theory of observational learning,his hunger at lunchtime most influenced which factor?

Distinguish between the concepts of punishment of application and punishment by removal.

Learning that takes place without actual performance (a kind of latent learning)is called _____________.

Learning that occurs but is not immediately reflected in a behavior change is called ______.

If one presented the conditioned stimulus (such as a metronome)after the presentation of the unconditioned stimulus (the food)in Pavlov's learning experiment,little or no classical conditioning would occur.

Describe what occurs when the conditioned stimulus is presented over and over again without the unconditioned stimulus.

In order to get her 3^rd grade students to memorize the poem written on the chalkboard,Mrs.Thyberg gives the students stickers for each poem they can recite from memory.After earning 5 stickers,a student gets to pick a prize out of the goody box.Mrs.Thyberg is using (a)_____________________ to modify the children's behaviors.

A girl learns that whenever her brother shares his cookie with her,her mother gives him a piece of candy.The girl starts sharing her treats with her friends when they come over in the hopes of getting a similar reward.The girl's learning to share is an example of ______.

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

Last month Walter became sick after eating two chili dogs,so he no longer likes chili dogs.Walter has experienced ____________.

Which of the following is a secondary reinforcer?

Which of the following criteria helps to increase the effectiveness of punishment?

Give an example of an unconditioned response.

Watson's experiment with Little Albert demonstrated that fears might be __________.

Which theorist proposed the cognitive perspective that explains that classical conditioning occurs because of expectancy?

Thorndike was known for his work with ______.

Why does fear caused by punishment make the punishment ineffective in changing behavior?

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.

A change in behavior that is relatively permanent and brought about by experience is commonly referred to by psychologists as acquisition behavior.