Exam 7: Learning

Classical conditioning is a type of learning

Teachers who effectively shape their students' study habits are most likely to

It has been suggested that ________ are activated when a monkey moves a peanut into its own mouth and when a monkey simply observes other monkeys move a peanut into their mouths.

Asking potential partners for a date is most likely to be reinforced on a ________ schedule.

Brandon is trying to train his dog to sit and roll over.He will be most successful if he rewards his dog based on

Airline frequent flyer programs that reward customers with a free flight after every 75,000 miles of travel illustrate the use of a ________ schedule of reinforcement.

If a sea slug on repeated occasions receives an electric shock just after being squirted with water,its protective withdrawal response to a squirt of water grows stronger.This best illustrates

Spontaneous recovery refers to the

When Adam observed his sister being scolded after she hit another child,Adam also discontinued hitting other children.This best illustrates the impact of

Mason,a stockbroker,runs two miles every day after work because it reduces his level of stress.Mason's running habit is maintained by a ________ reinforcer.

Carl so strongly associates watching baseball games with eating hot dogs that he habitually eats them while at the ballpark even when he's not hungry.His eating habit best illustrates the impact of

Researchers have conditioned healthy volunteers to experience cravings after only one instance of eating a sweet food.This demonstrates the power of

Who was influential in the view that all animals share commonalities in their makeup and functioning?

Matt regularly buckles his seat belt simply because it turns off the car's irritating warning buzzer.This best illustrates the value of

Children who are promised a payoff for playing with an interesting toy have later been observed to play with the toy less than those who are not promised the reward.This provides evidence for the role of ________ in operant behavior.

In Pavlov's experiments,the taste of food triggered the dog's salivation.Salivation to the taste of food was a(n)

Some psychologists believe that rats develop mental representations of mazes they have explored.These representations are called

We are especially likely to vicariously experience the reinforcing outcomes of those people we perceive as

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

After one chimpanzee sees a second chimp open a box that contains a food reward,the first animal opens a similar box with great speed.This best illustrates