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Chapter 6 Learning
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Jane stopped screaming for water at night because her mother gave her gold stars. This is
classical conditioning
bribery
observational behavior
operant conditioning
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Learning involves
a reduction in extrinsic motivation
the development of prosocial behavior
a relatively permanent change in behavior
acquiring knowledge that can be easily recalled
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I get five dollars off of my next nail appointment because I have gone 10 times. What is this?
variable interval
intermittent continuous
variable ratio
fixed ratio
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Classical conditioning's main man is
Albert Bandura
George Thorougood
Sigmund Freud
Ivan Pavlov
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A pigeon was taught to recognize human faces but not monkey faces. This is
unconditioned stimulus
primary reinforcer
generalization
discriminative stimulus
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Classical conditioning needs to have predictable CS-US associations. What is used ?
discrimination
intermittent reinforcement
cognitive processes
shaping
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Watching for shooting stars is likely to be reinforced on which schedule?
fixed ratio
variable interval
variable ratio
fixed interval
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In Pavlov's doggie experiment salivation at the tone was a(n)
unconditioned stimulus
conditioned response
unconditioned response
conditioned stimulus
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The wrestling coach swears at his wrestlers. For some, the coach's presence is a
conditioned stimulus
secondary reinforcer
unconditioned response
unconditioned stimulus
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Classical conditioning requires the expectation that a
US will follow a CS
CS will follow a CR
the US will follow a CR
the expectation of a reward
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In the Pavlov doggie experiment the unconditioned response is
the dog's hunger
salivation to the food
ringing the bell
food in the mouth
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Thorndike's prediction that rewarded behavior will increase is the
law of effect
law of the land
law of craziness
law of affect
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For the quickest acquisition of of a CR, the CS should be presented
shortly before the US
shortly after the CR
shortly before the CR
shortly after the US
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A fixed ratio schedule is when a response is reinforced after a(n)
unpredictable number of responses have been made
specific time period has passed
specific number of rewards are applied
specified number of responses have been made
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Doggies strapped into a harness and repeatedly shocked
eventually kill the psychologist
experienced extinction
bite the handler
develop learned helplessness
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One operant conditioning procedure is called
modeling
masking
obscuring
shaping
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Psychologists would rather you do what than punish a child?
classically condition them
ignore them
send them to their rooms
reinforce behaviors
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In Pavlov's doggie experiment, the tone which causes the doggie to salivate is the
conditioned stimulus
unconditioned response
unconditioned stimulus
unconditioned stimulus
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Little children taught to fear moving cars may also then fears the garbage truck. Why?
spontaneous discovery
secondary reinforcement
extinction
generalization
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Conditioning is the process of
learning associations
discrimination
operant behavior
observational learning
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When we know that a flash of lightening is followed by a crash of thunder this is
classical conditioning
fear
operant conditioning
generalization
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Animals learn associations that promote
survival
prosocial behavior
intelligence
learning
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Looking at the tv while really studying to see if Atlanta comes on is reinforced by
variable interval
fixed ratio
variable ratio
fixed interval
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How did you do???
Lousy - I didn't read anything
Great - I know it all
Lousy - I really need to study
Okay - but I still need to study a bit
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Jennifer sucks her thumb and then feels less anxious. She has learned this through
latent learning
observational learning
operant conditioning
classical conditioning
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Infants presented with books and then a loud noise end up fearing books. The loud noise is the
unconditioned stimulus
unconditioned response
conditioned stimulus
conditioned response
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A stimulus that is presented after a response and strengthens the response is a
negative reinforcer
negative punishment
positive reinforcer
positive punishment
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When Anthony is scolded after a temper tantrums the tantrums increase. Why?
reward
conditioned stimulus
The scolding is a negative reinforcer
the scolding is a positive reinforcer
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Your heart races when close to a lion but not a kitty. Why?
extrinsic motivation
discrimination
shaping
generalization
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After a chimp sees another chimp open a box with food in it, he opens a box really quickly.
classical conditioning
dumb luck
observational learning
operant conditioning
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Spontaneous recovery is the
suddenly getting better
organism's tendency to respond right away
reappearance, pausing, of extinguished conditioned response
return of a response after punishment has ended
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Which is an unconditioned response
jerking your hand off a hot stove
yelling at your friend in homeroom.
working after school
raising your hand to answer a question (does this happen?)
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A reinforcer delivered after a long time is called a
secondary reinforcer
continuous reinforcer
delayed reinforcer
new reinforcer
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A secondary or conditioned reinforcer is
not possible
unlearned
always delayed a lot
learned
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Someone parked in my spot!!! and got a yellow parking ticket. This is
positive reinforcement
positive punishment
negative punishment
negative reinforcement
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BF Skinner explains prosocial behavior by saying that it is
genetically influenced
the need for social approval
the next best thing
beneficial to society
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A primary reinforcer is
learned and unpleasant
learned and pleasant
unlearned and satisfying
unlearned and always unpleasant
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Does an organism control events that it forms associations with in classical conditioning?
Yes
always
No
maybe
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An automatic response to stimuli is called
observational learning
respondent behavior
operant behavior
associative learning
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Positive reinforcers
have no effect
increase the rate of operant responding
are seldom used
decrease the rate of operant responding
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Taste aversion in rats shows that classical conditioning is constrained by
biological predispositions
latent learning
environmental factors
cognitive processes
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Every time you are not ready for class at the bell you will get swatted with a paddle.
You will quit school
You will start to love school
You will fear school
You will cut my class
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I grow flowers to sell at the farmer's market. Why?
I have nothing better to do
extrinsic motivation
to be around smelly things
Intrinsic motivation
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A typical variable ratio reinforcement occurs using a
checking the mailbox for mail
slot machine
paying for a candy bar
coke machine
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The can opener signals opening a can of food. Barkley the dog comes running because of
operant conditioning
classical conditioning
observational learning
the cat chased him
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A stimulus that gets more reinforcing power by association with a primary reinforcer is
conditioned reinforcer
delayed reinforcer
partial reinforcer
negative reinforcer
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BF Skinner guided a rat to the lever in his box. This is called
intrinsic motivation
shaping
invitation
modeling
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Jerry's teacher reminds him so much of his mother that he has many same reactions. This is
extinction
spontaneous recovery
generalization
latent learning
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When sea slugs receive an electric shock after squirted with water, it withdraws to protect.
observational learning
classical conditioning
spontaneous recovery
operant conditioning
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I grow dahlias in my garden and give them away. What for?
the voices told me to
extrinsic motivation
intrinsic motivation
to torture dahlia haters