Exam 6: D: Learning

Human beings generally have an aversion to bitter and sour foods.Some researchers suggest that this is because foods that are inedible or even poisonous are often bitter or sour.The tendency of human beings to find these potentially harmful foods repulsive is an example of

Which of the following is an example of the Premack principle?

Which of the following is most representative of research concerning learning styles?

Any behaviour that is voluntary is referred to as a(n)

The situation of a student's final grade improving one letter grade for every three books read represents which level of reinforcement?

Kristine gives her cat a treat every time he catches a mouse in her house,and Sarah gives her dog leftovers from the table once in a while when he has been a good dog and did not beg.Which of the following statements regarding these examples is accurate?

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

The typical effect of heroin is a decrease in blood pressure (the UCR),whereas the cues associated with taking heroin,such as a bathroom stall in a seedy nightclub,will,through conditioning,come to elicit an increase in blood pressure (the CR).This means that when the addict enters the bathroom stall,she will experience an immediate increase in blood pressure,which then helps to prevent blood pressure from dropping too low when the heroin is injected.This experience occurs due to

Who was one of the first researchers to explore and outline the laws of voluntary responses?

What would you predict about Little Albert based on the principle of spontaneous recovery?

When the CS is repeatedly presented in the absence of the UCS (food,in this case),the CR will "die out" in a process called

Which of the following is reflective of Seligman's research on conditioned taste aversion?

According to __________ theory,behaviour is said to be influenced by its consequences.

__________ is a form of learning in which animals come to respond to a previously neutral stimulus that had been paired with another stimulus that elicits an automatic response.

Thorndike's research with cats led him to conclude that

Famous athletes are used to sell products using classical conditioning as a marketing strategy.If a famous athlete is used to market shoes,the famous athlete is the

__________ occurs when the conditioned response eventually disappears after repeated presentation of the conditioned stimulus alone.

The principle of partial reinforcement helps to explain why

The researcher responsible for discovering classical conditioning was

In which of the following would the acquisition of a classically conditioned response be the fastest?