Exam 7: Learning

Some students study hard beginning with the first couple of weeks of a semester because they subsequently receive very good final course grades. This best illustrates that human behavior is influenced by

Blake is a carpet installer who wants to be paid for each square foot of carpet he lays rather than with an hourly wage. Blake prefers working on a ________ schedule of reinforcement.

Neuroscientists have discovered mirror neurons in the

The violence-viewing effect is especially pronounced when the observed violence

Pigeons learn to flap their wings to avoid shock ________ easily than they learn to peck a disk to avoid shock. They learn to flap their wings to obtain food ________ easily than they learn to peck a disk to obtain food.

A child who is punished for swearing at home but reinforced for swearing on the school playground is most likely to demonstrate a patterned habit of swearing that is indicative of

Animals most readily learn the specific associations that promote

Studies of latent learning highlight the importance of

Makayla developed an intense fear of flying five years ago when she was in a plane crash. The fact that today she can again fly without distress indicates that her fear has undergone

The process of acquiring new and relatively enduring information or behaviors is called

Pigs trained to pick up large wooden coins subsequently delayed receiving a food reinforcer because they would repeatedly drop and push the coins with their snouts. This best illustrates

The removal of electric shock is to the receipt of money as ________ is to ________.

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that elicits no response before conditioning is called a(n)

Former crack cocaine users often feel a drug craving when they are again in places they associate with previous highs. Their reactions are best explained in terms of

A response that leads to the removal of an unpleasant stimulus is one being

Administering an aversive stimulus following an operant response is

John B. Watson would have expressed the greatest disapproval of attempts to scientifically study whether

A geometric figure is most likely to trigger sexual arousal if presented shortly

The desire to perform a behavior due to promised rewards or threats of punishment involves

Watson and Rayner's study of Little Albert demonstrated how specific fears