Exam 7: Learning

Dr.Weymouth examines the behaviour of two groups of children in an observational learning study.One group of children views a film in which an adult is reprimanded for beating a Bobo doll.Another group of children views a film in which an adult is congratulated for beating the doll.Based on your text's discussion,what should he find?

Which of the following is an example of associative learning?

Describe the basic processes of operant conditioning and explain how shaping can be used to teach new behaviours.

How do we know that some animals are capable of vicarious learning?

Classical conditioning applies mostly to ___.Operant conditioning applies mainly to ___.

Haley's mother has been helping her study her multiplication tables,but does NOT seem to be making any progress.After an hour,her mother offers Haley the chance to play a video game if she learns the six times table.Haley immediately recites it without any help or prompting whatsoever.This is an example of ___ learning.

Jeremy is in a problem-solving competition and is struggling with one solution when suddenly the solution pops into his head.This is an example of

In what way is insight learning similar to latent learning?

___ occurs when a previously conditioned stimulus functions as if it is an unconditioned stimulus for further conditioning.

Dyslexia may manifest itself in the reversal of letters or words.

Cheslav is taking a special course at teacher's college in which he is learning all about specific learning disorders.He knows that for the test,he will have to remember the three major categories of learning disorders,which are

Learning that occurs internally and is expressed behaviourally only when there is sufficient motivation to do so is called ___ learning.

Ha-eun,a newborn,has learned that if she sucks harder on a special pacifier that she can hear her mother's voice reading her favourite story.What kind of learning is this?

One reason Carlos continues to work at his job is for the cheque he receives every two weeks.Carlos' pay cheque is a ___ reinforcer.

What piece of evidence shows us that newborn infants are capable of imitation?

A deficiency in learning to read is referred to as ___.

Classical conditioning is a type of learning in which

What phenomenon did Ivan Pavlov initially set out to study?

Researchers have shown that capuchin monkeys have an internal concept of fairness.

If a dog salivates when he hears a bell but NOT when he hears a horn,the dog has learned