Exam 7: Learning

Diego is looking at Facebook while attending his Biology lecture.What is NOT a likely consequence of this?

With latent learning,when it is obvious that learning took place?

Which of the following best demonstrates insight learning?

The main difference between stimulus generalization and stimulus discrimination is that stimulus generalization ___ while stimulus discrimination ___.

Psychologists use the term ___ to refer to a lasting change in behaviours resulting from experience.

As compared to behaviours reinforced on continuous schedules,behaviours reinforced intermittently are ___ resistant to extinction.

The first time that Yvonne tried yogurt she was 7 years old,and she remembers thinking that it was a very unusual flavour,both sour and creamy.Shortly after that she became violently ill to her stomach.To this day,Yvonne can't even be near anyone who is eating yogurt because the smell alone will make her gag.What is so unique about this type of classical conditioning?

Quincy got a fighting fish and it lives in a big bowl in his kitchen.Every morning,Quincy is the first to get up and he turns on the kitchen light and feeds the fish.Within a few days,the fish was swimming to the surface looking for its food just when the light went on.What type of learning is this?

Ella is helping her 12-year-old son with his math homework.She notices that he is having difficulty with simple mathematical calculations,and cannot seem to recall math symbols.If Ella were to have her son tested for a specific learning disorder,which of the following might the tests indicate?

Who conducted the Bobo doll experiment?

Which of the following statements best expresses the relationship between specific learning disorders and intellectual developmental disorders?

Madeline was so excited to spend the first night in her new apartment,until the train roared by every 2 hours all night long.The previous tenant had lived there for over 30 years,and Madeline wonders how they managed.Do you have any ideas?

Extinction does NOT represent "unlearning."

Define specific learning disorder and describe three major types of learning disorders.

Insight learning is defined as

Who conducted the study of fear conditioning with "little Albert"?

What is the difference between stimulus generalization and stimulus discrimination?

What type of learning occurs when there is no obvious reinforcement?

The process of teaching complex behaviours by reinforcing ever closer approximations of the desired behaviours is called ___.

Define and provide examples of fixed- and variable-interval schedules of reinforcement.