Most psychologists favour which scheme for raising children?

reinforcement rather than punishment

Jimmy can't go to the party because he crashed his parents' car. What's happening?

he is being negatively punished

Which of these is the strongest critique of punishment?

punishment fails to provide guidance toward more desirable behaviour

In which cases is the violence-viewing effect strongest?

when the observed violence goes unpunished

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Learning Review for Psychology

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A brief review of learning for introductory psychology and high school psychology. #intropsych #psychology #learning #conditioning #operant #classical #classicalconditioning

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1
What best explains the transmission of cultural fads and fashions?
observational learning
unconditioned responses
respondent behavior
primary reinforcers
2
What does the Law of Effect apply to?
latent learning
classical conditioning
operant conditioning
modeling
3
Most psychologists favour which scheme for raising children?
reinforcement rather than punishment
primary reinforcers rather than secondary reinforcers
spontaneous recovery rather than extinction
shaping rather than modeling
4
What capacity do mirror neurons provide us with?
intrinsic motivation
imitation
spontaneous recovery
insight learning
5
Jimmy can't go to the party because he crashed his parents' car. What's happening?
he is being negatively punished
he is being positively punished
he is being positively reinforced
he is being negatively reinforced
6
Henry hates turkey, but likes chicken. How can he tell the difference?
extinction
habituation
discrimination
generalization
7
What do we call the reappearance of a formerly extinguished conditioned response (CR)?
shaping
spontaneous recovery
generalization
latent learning
8
Checking your phone for social media "likes" exemplifies which reward schedule?
a variable-interval schedule
a fixed ratio schedule
a variable-ratio schedule
a fixed interval schedule
9
Which of these is the strongest critique of punishment?
punishment always creates fear in the subject
punishment fails to provide guidance toward more desirable behaviour
punishment is never appropriate
punishment reinforces undesired behaviour
10
What did B. F. Skinner's critics claim he neglected?
cultural background
personal freedom of will
early childhood experiences
prior behaviour
11
Both classical and operant conditioning are forms of what kind of learning?
latent learning
associative learning
respondent learning
observational learning
12
How are mirror neurons important to learning?
they provide a neural basis for operant conditioning
they permit aversive conditioning
they enable imitation
they enhance cognitive maps
13
What does acting in order to gain social media "likes" demonstrate?
maturity
integrity
extrinsic motivation
intrinsic motivation
14
A drummer learns by watching another drummer play. What is this process called?
generalization
modeling
habituation
insight
15
What do we call learning in which a behaviour is influenced by its consequences?
operant conditioning
observational learning
classical conditioning
insight learning
16
I play soccer to get paid. What explains my behaviour?
latent learning
extrinsic motivation
delayed reinforcers
classical conditioning
17
In which cases is the violence-viewing effect strongest?
when the observed violence is committed by adults
when the observed violence goes unpunished
when the observed violence is committed by children
when the observed violence seems unjustified
18
Bruce gets paid $15 after every three baskets of apples he picks. What kind of reinforcement is this?
variable interval
fixed ratio
variable ratio
fixed interval
19
We expect that all dogs will bark and all birds will chirp. What does this illustrate?
associative learning
spontaneous recovery
the law of effect
respondent behavior

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