Psych ch 6

When learning occurs by watching others, it is called ___________.

observational learning

Learning in which voluntary responses are controlled by their consequences is called _____.

operant conditioning

A program that designates the rate or interval at which a response is reinforced is called_______.

schedule of reinforcement.

A phobia is an exaggerated, irrational fear of an object or situation, which may sometimes be thought as a(n)_______?

Conditioned emotional response.

A previously neutral stimulus that, through repeated pairings with an unconditional stimulus, produces a conditioned response is now called a ______?

Conditioned stimulus

To prevent children from swimming in their pool when you are not home, you don't allow them to stay home alone when you are not there. If you are sending them to the neighbors house instead, you are using______________.

Negative Punishment

In classical conditioning, what is paired with the US to produce learning?

NS

Adding a stimulus that strengthens or increases a response is called _____

Positive reinforcement

The occurrence of a learned response to stimuli that are similar to the original stimulus is called stimulus________.

generalization.

A ________ Schedule of reinforcement provides reinforcement provides reinforcement for a behavior in an unpredictable manner

variable ratio