Chapter 6,7,8 exam

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baby olive put a spicy pepper in her mouth and screamed when it burned her tonque. olive learned from this experience to not eat spicy peppers. her learning was most likely due to _________ in the brain

long term potentiation

dr. lopez believes that he may have discovered how observational learning happens in the brain. His research showed that when one person watchess someone else reach into a box to retrieve an object, specific neurons become active. dr lopez has probably found

mirror neurons

Lori is learning how to effectively sell clothes in her boutique. When she tries a pitch to a customer that results in a sale, she remembers what she said and uses the technique again. When a pitch does not result in sale, she chooses not to use it again. Lori is learning to increase sales because of the impact of

operant conditioning

which of the following is NOT a part of the defintion of learning?

permanent

which of the following is the best example of sensitization?

rachel did not pay any attention to the beeping from her refrigerator door alarm until she realized that it meant the door was left open and the cold air was escaping. now when she hears the door alarm she runs to the kitchen to close the refrigerator door

EunKyung's oven is dirty, and it smokes whenever she bakes anything. EunKyung is worried that it will catch fire, so anytime she smells smoke while baking, she quickly checks the oven. EunKyung is most likely experiencing a form of nonassociative learning called

sensitization

mark knows that animals reflexively blink when air is puffed at their eyes now mark wants to use this faact and classical conditioning to train a rat to blink when it hears a tone. he has just started presenting the tone to the rat. which step of classical conditioning is this?

step 2- presentation of neural stimulus

Courtney was bitten by her brother's pet white rat. Since then, Courtney has developed a fear of all white animals that is out of proportion with the threat. She even feels fearful when she sees a photo of a white animal. Courtney's reaction to white animals is best explained by

a classically conditioned phobia

After he gets a new cell phone, Errol does not recognize its default ringtone and misses the first few calls he receives. After a while, however, he learns the tone and jumps as soon as the phone rings. Errol's increased response to a repeated stimulus demonstrates

adaptation

Baby Shane liked the taste of the dog's food. One day, when he was eating dog food, his mother noticed and screamed. This startled Shane and made him cry. This happened several times, and now whenever Shane passes by the dog's food, he feels afraid. In this example of classical conditioning, the conditioned stimulus is

dog food

katie attached a bell to the lid of her dog's food container so it rang every time the lid was lifted, which alerted her dog to come to eat. one day, katie removed the bell from the container and hung it on a closet door. after a month, during which her dog ran to the closet door and wasn't fed he stopped responding to the sound of the bell. no longer responding to the bell is an example of

extinction

caryn's mother loves the smell of vanilla candles. when caryn visits her mother, she dislikes the smell of the candles, but after a couple of hours she no longer notices it. the fact that caryn can now ignore the candles' scent is most likely due to a type of non-associative learning called

habituation

which of the following is an example of negative reinforcement?

josie is allergic to flowers and takes an antihistamine pill that stops his runny nose, so he will take the pill in the future when he has allergies

marie eats at the downtowner diner and frequently reads the entire menu but she always orders the chicken quesadilla. when she is hired to work at the menu items and how much each one costs which is likely the result of ___________ learning

latent

7 yr old michelle used to use her mother's perfume all the time, but michelle's mother would yell at her when she found out. Based on there experiences, michelle has learned to not use the perfume. michelle's learning is most likely the result of _________ in the brain.

long term potentiation

Glen goes fishing every weekend. Sometimes it takes an hour to catch a fish, sometimes it takes 15 minutes, and sometimes it takes 45 minutes. Glen catches fish on a __________ schedule of reinforcement.

variable interval

17 yr old ryan watches his father fix a broken part on the family car. then ryan sees that his mother gives his father lots of affection because he fixed the car. based on this experience, ryan will be more likely to fix hs girlfriends car if it breaks. this fact shows how ryan has been influenced by

vicarious conditioning

brian knows his father yells at brian's brother, zack, for earning poor grades at school. brian thinks to himself, "i'd better study harder. I don't want to be yelled at like that!" brian has just experienced learning through

vicarious conditioning

which of the following is the best example of habituation?

when marla first walks into her classroom she can hear the sound of the air conditioner but 5 minutes later she is totally unaware of the sound even though it has not changed


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