Exam 7: Learning

Which of the following scenarios exemplifies extinction?

What is the important role that sleep plays with learning and memory,according to Tononi and Cirelli (2014)?

Dr.Patel investigates semantic learning among college students as a function of the number of exposures to given material on the one hand,and the number of diverse types of exposures (e.g.,reading,listening,writing)to the material on the other.Which of the following pairs of coefficients should she find between learning scores and the number of exposures and between learning scores and the number of types of exposures?

How does associative learning differ from non-associative learning?

A hockey team manages to score on a goalie,on average,once every 10 minutes.What kind of schedule of reinforcement is this?

Mario ate leftover food on Saturday morning that had NOT been refrigerated properly the night before.Later that day,he became ill.To this day,many years later,Mario refuses to eat leftover food.Which term describes his condition?

Animals and birds are NOT capable of learning through observational learning.

Spatial learning is defined as

___ learning can occur prenatally as indicated by infants exhibiting both ___ and ___ to the odour of garlic.

Classical conditioning is most effective when the neutral stimulus is presented

While on a recent combat tour in Afghanistan,Regina learned to dive for cover at the sounds of gunfire.When she returned home,she found herself diving for cover when her husband accidently slammed a door.What learning process is illustrated by this example?

Describe Thorndike's "puzzle box" experiment.

Thadius' cat is smart.His cat has learned that the sound of the can opener means his favourite food is coming and he begins rubbing all over Thadius' legs and meowing.Within a short while,his cat realizes that before the can opener sound is the sound of the drawer opening,and now he gets very excited every time Thadius opens the drawer.This is an example of what type of learning?

Which of the following terms is used to describe an inability to readily acquire information about mathematics?

Instead of studying as the class progressed,a student pulled an "all-nighter" by cramming the night before the test.What type of learning trials did he use?

The difference between dyslexia and dysgraphia is that dyslexia ___ while dysgraphia ___.

Tina's baby is initially very interested in a new rattle Tina bought for him; however,after a few minutes the baby looks away and becomes restless.This demonstrates dishabituation.

The ___ occurs before the event that triggers a reflexive response,and this happens multiple times.At first,the ___ doesn't elicit a response,but after some trials it does.

Sometimes when we call a customer service centre,we are put on hold; we do NOT know how long it will be before our holding behaviour is reinforced by the response of an associate,and it doesn't matter what we do in the meantime.Holding is reinforced on a ___ schedule.

Habituation refers to an increased response to a stimulus after it has been encountered repeatedly over time.