Exam 7: Learning

To get you to increase the frequency of your daily exercise,operant behavior specialists are most likely to recommend that you

Many psychologists have criticized Skinner for discounting the influence of ________ on behavior.

Which of the following would be the most appropriate step in attempting to check your progress on a behavior change?

In Pavlov's experiments on the salivary conditioning of dogs,a CR was

The type of learning in which one comes to associate two stimuli and thereby anticipate events is called

Pavlov's research on classical conditioning was important because

A choppy stop-start pattern of operant responding is associated with the ________ schedule of reinforcement.

Garcia and Koelling's findings on taste aversion in rats challenged the previously accepted principle that

Social learning is another term for

You would be most likely to use operant conditioning to teach a dog to

Young children's developing capacity to experience empathy for another's suffering provides an indication of their developing

The process of modeling is most closely associated with

An event that one of Pavlov's dogs could see or hear but did not associate with food was called a(n)

When the Zantays eat dinner,the family dog begs for food.Sometimes,but not often,the children give in to the dog's begging and pass their pet a tasty morsel.You would be most justified in predicting that

After recovering from a serious motorcycle accident,Gina was afraid to ride a motorcycle but not a bicycle.Gina's pattern of fear best illustrates

B.F.Skinner recommended that we control behavior with ________ rather than with ________.

Luana edits manuscripts for a publisher and is paid $25 for every three pages she edits.Luana is reinforced on a ________ schedule.

In classical conditioning,a learned response to a previously neutral stimulus is referred to as a(n)

Samantha's cat salivates in response to the taste of food in its mouth.Each morning,Samantha places the cat's food on the back porch.Each time Samantha opens the door the bell rings.Now,Samantha's cat salivates when the bell rings.Which of the following is the unconditioned stimulus in this example?

After his mother smiles,Jimmy's request for a snack is reinforced.But if his mother is not smiling,his subsequent request for a snack is not reinforced.By indicating that Jimmy's request for a snack will be reinforced,the mother's smile is a(n)