ch 6 quiz

Airline frequent flyer programs that reward customers with a free flight after every 25,000 miles of travel illustrate the use of a _____ schedule of reinforcement.

fixed-ratio

In observational learning, the most effective models are those who:

use consistent actions and words.

For professional baseball players, swinging at a pitched ball is reinforced with a home run on a _____ schedule.

variable-ratio

The majority of correlational studies that have examined television violence and aggressive behavior suggest that the more hours children spend watching violent television shows, the more likely they are to exhibit aggressive behaviors. What is the major problem with these findings?

Correlation does not prove causation.

Which statement is evidence for the environmental (as opposed to genetic) transmission of aggression?

Monkeys who were reared apart from their mothers and exposed to high levels of aggression showed greater aggression as adults.

Irene is having trouble convincing her husband that spanking is not necessarily the best way to control their child's behavior. Which argument should she NOT use to support her position?

Spanking increases the frequency of the behavior.

Three hours after eating at an airport fast-food restaurant, Karen got extremely nauseous while in flight. The next time she was in the airport and walked by that restaurant, she felt a wave of nausea. Which statement does NOT explain this?

The restaurant became an unconditioned stimulus (US) for nausea.

Studies have shown that exposure to violence also _____ viewers when later viewing other violent acts on television.

desensitizes

John B. Watson and Ivan Pavlov agreed that:

laws of learning are the same for all animals.

At work, there is a vending machine that gives extra candy bars when a worker selects either the "A" or "B" choices. This worker continues to frequent this machine regularly. This BEST illustrates:

operant conditioning.

If children get attention for doing cartwheels, they will repeat the trick if they find this attention to be enjoyable. This BEST illustrates:

operant conditioning.

Jenni has been working nights and weekends to get a project completed for her job. She is successful, and a couple of weeks later she comes into work and her boss presents her with a bonus check. This BEST illustrates the value of:

positive reinforcement.

Two researchers conducted an experiment using classical conditioning to study immune response in patients. Of the following pairings, which would be the MOST likely to produce this response?

repeated pairing of lemonade with the immune enhancing drug

Khalid had leukemia as a child and had to undergo numerous bouts of chemotherapy. He had associated the waiting room with nausea. Now 35 years old, he had to take his mother to the same hospital for breast cancer treatment, and he became nauseous while in the waiting room with her mother. His nausea BEST illustrates:

spontaneous recovery.

Long after her conditioned fear of dogs had been extinguished, Marcy experienced an unexpected surge of nervousness when she first met her cousin's new Cocker Spaniel. Her unexpected nervousness BEST illustrates:

spontaneous recovery.