PYS101 Chap 6 - Learning

Which of the following represents the four means of modifying behavior discussed in operant conditioning. A) negative reinforcement, positive reinforcement, negative punishment, and positive punishment. B) UCS, CRS, UCR and neutrel stimulus C) attention, retention, reproduction, and motivation D) encoding, storage, elaboration, retrieval

A) negative reinforcement, positive reinforcement, negative punishment, and positive punishment.

Which of the following is an example of vicarious punishment? A) Brenda saw Matt receive a hug for cleaning his room. She is careful to clean her room because she saw Matt get a reward for doing it. B) Jeong observes his sister Bronwyn getting spanked for spitting out her carrots. Because he does not like getting spanked, he chews and swallows the carrots even though he hates them. C) Joe wants to avoid being fired, so he follows the shop rules and does not smoke in the bathroom. E) Laurie wants to receive a smiley sticker and she knows from reading the rulebook that she will receive one if she behaves herself.

B) Jeong observes his sister Bronwyn getting spanked for spitting out her carrots. Because he does not like getting spanked, he chews and swallows the carrots even though he hates them.

Dymesha watches her older sister do headstands. Dymesha falls over when she attempts to do a headstand herself. She watches her older sister more carefully, and she notices that her sister leans backward slightly to complete her headstand. Dymesha is then able to do headstands herself. Which type of learning is this? A) classical conditioning B) observational C) operant conditioning D) This is not learning, it's play.

B) Observational

People blink automatically when a beam of light is shone directly at the eye. A researcher pairs a soft tone with a beam of light. After a number of these pairings, her participants blink when they hear the tone, even when the light is not presented. Identify, the US

Beam of Light

People blink automatically when a beam of light is shone directly at the eye. A researcher pairs a soft tone with a beam of light. After a number of these pairings, her participants blink when they hear the tone, even when the light is not presented. Identify the UR

Blinking in response to a beam of light

People blink automatically when a beam of light is shone directly at the eye. A researcher pairs a soft tone with a beam of light. After a number of these pairings, her participants blink when they hear the tone, even when the light is not presented. Identify the CR.

Blinking in response to a tone- blinking in response to it is a learned response.

True or False: BF Skinner used a Bobo doll to demonstrate observational learning in children.

False

Imagine that you are a parent, a teacher, or a supervisor in a workplace and indicate what is happening in the following scenarios to bring about desirable changes in the behavior, ____ A parent may send a child to his or her room without dessert if the child throws a tantrum during the evening meal. The child should be less likely to throw tantrums in the future.

Negative Punishment

Imagine that you are a parent, a teacher, or a supervisor in a workplace and indicate what is happening in the following scenarios to bring about desirable changes in the behavior, ______ A teacher may eliminate a homework assignment if recent homework has been completed in a timely and accurate fashion; the student's performance may improve in the future as a result.

Negative Reinforcement

People blink automatically when a beam of light is shone directly at the eye. A researcher pairs a soft tone with a beam of light. After a number of these pairings, her participants blink when they hear the tone, even when the light is not presented. Identify the neutral stimulus

Soft Tone

True or False: If the principles of social learning theory are true, then children may model aggressive behavior after seeing a television character receive a reward for taking violent action against another character.

True