Exam 5: Learning

Molly is sometimes loud and disruptive in class,and her teacher thinks she acts this way when she wants attention.The teacher worries that yelling at Molly might serve as a positive reinforcer for her bad behavior because it is giving Molly the attention she wants.One behavior modification that might help with this child is ________.

Which of the following events most intrigued Pavlov and led to his discoveries?

Which of the following is an example of punishment by removal?

Pavlov placed meat powder in the mouths of dogs,and they began to salivate.The food acted as a (an) ________.

In a conditioning experiment,a sound is paired with a brief puff of air to the eye of the rabbit.After several pairings,the rabbit ultimately blinks its eye when it hears the sound.Which of the following is true?

Cheryl is trying to teach her son to do the laundry by watching her.According to observational learning theory,to be effective what must occur?

In operant conditioning,________ is necessary to create the association between the stimulus and the repetition of a voluntary response.

When Karawynn Long trained her cat Misha to use a toilet instead of a litter box,the last step in the training was teaching the cat to flush the toilet.

According to B.F.Skinner,negative reinforcement of a response makes you more likely to continue to make that response.

A ________ reinforcer is any reward that satisfies a basic,biological need,such a hunger,thirst,or touch.

What could John Watson have done to eliminate Little Albert's conditioned fear?

Which of the following is a secondary reinforcer?

The learning of phobias is a very good example of which certain type of classical conditioning?

You spend days wandering aimlessly around a park with many different paths that end at different parts of the park.One day when you arrive at the park,you get a call on your cell phone from your cousin whom you haven't seen for years,and she says she is waiting for you in a particular section of the park.Even though the paths are complicated and twisted,you manage to find the shortest route to your cousin.Tolman would explain your efficient passage through the park as an example of ________.

You decide that you are going to condition your dog to salivate to the sound of a metronome.You sound the metronome and then several minutes later you give the dog a biscuit.You do this several times but no conditioning seems to occur.This is probably because ________.

What was the conditioned stimulus (CS)in the case of Little Albert?

________ is an example of a primary reinforcer,whereas ________ is an example of a secondary reinforcer.

Getting paid for each basket of apples you gather represents which schedule of reinforcement?

Which of the following statements about learning is NOT true?

The first time José sees a cat,his mother tells him,"That's a cat.Can you say cat?" He repeats the word gleefully,and his mother praises him.The next day,he is watching a cartoon and sees a tiger on the television.He points at the tiger and says,"Cat!" This is an example of ________.