Winter 2022 PSYCH361 Midterm Review

The physiologist who developed classical conditioning was

Negative punishment is also sometimes called ______ training.

The law of effect says that _______.

Which of the following is NOT one of Pryor's Laws of Shaping?

When a behavior occurs in the presence of an S^D, but not in the presence of an S–

According to Pryor, a conditioned stimulus becomes _________ once it is established.

Awarding successive approximations is called

Breaking the task down into its component elements is called

Delaying delivery of a punisher is most likely to ______.

The two-process theory of punishment assumes that punishment involves ___________.

Pavlovian conditioning procedure in which the CS and US overlap.

Behavior is reinforced the first time it occurs after a set time from last reinforcement.

____________ occurs in individuals when their environment is largely unresponsive to them.

A reinforcement schedule in which every nth performance of a behavior is reinforced.

The CS and US in the Little Albert experiment were a __________, respectively.

Attempts to reinforce behavior that has not occurred yet is called:

When a behavior is weakened by the removal of, or a decrease in the intensity of, a stimulus:

A mega-reward given after a particularly exceptional effort.

Anything that tends to increase the probability that the act will occur again is a(n):

Operant learning may also be referred to as _______.

Pavlovian conditioning procedure where CS & US coincide exactly.

A dependency between events

The sudden reappearance of a behavior following its extinction is called

A reduction in response rate following reinforcement is called a _________.

Gradually reducing the frequency of reinforcement is called

Something that's acquired reinforcing properties through association with other reinforcers.

A __________ is anything that changes the effectiveness of a consequence.

Series of responses joined together by stimuli that are conditioned reinforcers and antecedents

Reinforcement schedule in which, on average every nth performance of a behavior is reinforced.

Problem behavior in children can usually be dealt with effectively through ___________.

The word positive in positive punishment refers to the fact that _______.

Procedure that combines nonreinforcement of unwanted behavior & reinforcement of other behavior

If a previously reinforced behavior is not reinforced, trainee increases behavior intensity

An occurrence that currently does not produce a response when it is presented.

Behavior is reinforced the first time it occurs after varying time since the last reinforcement