Exam 5: Learning

A key element in the use of biofeedback is teaching a person to induce a state of ________ to help gain control over biological functions.

Kelsey just told her family a really funny joke that she made up herself.In order to use a primary reinforcer to encourage her in her joke-telling,Kelsey's dad might ________.

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?

When the CS is repeatedly presented in the absence of the UCS,the CR will "die out" in a process called ________.

In Pavlov's original experiment of classical conditioning,dogs learned to salivate at the sound of a metronome when the metronome was repeatedly paired with the presentation of food.The food is referred to as the unconditioned response.

There are two kinds of behavior that all organisms are capable of doing.If Inez blinks her eyes because a gnat flies close to them,that's ________.But if she then swats at the gnat,that's _________.

You walk up to a soda machine and put in a dollar,and are rewarded with a bottle of root beer.When you put in another dollar,you get another soda.Assuming that the machine has a limitless supply of root beer,which kind of reinforcement schedule does this machine operate on?

Normally,when food is placed in the mouth of any animal,the salivary glands start releasing saliva to help with chewing and digestion.In terms of Pavlov's analysis of learning,salivation would be referred to as ________.

The fact that you prefer blondes because your last love interest had blonde hair best illustrates ________.

Unlike other schedules of reinforcement,________ results in a "scalloped" pattern of responses on a cumulative frequency graph.

Observational learning theory's foremost proponent is ________.

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

A reinforcer is a consequence that ________ a behavior,while a punisher is a consequence that ________ a behavior.

Catching fish when fishing in a lake would most likely represent which of the following schedules of reinforcement?

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 ________.

The partial reinforcement effect refers to the fact that a response that is reinforced after some,but not all,correct responses ________.

Which of the following types of brain imaging techniques does your textbook note can be used for neurofeedback data collection?

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