Psych learning

When Tito was young, his parents decided to give him a quarter every day he made his bed. Tito started to make his siblings' beds also and help with other chores. Behaviorists would say that Tito was experiencing

Generalization

Try as you might, you are unable to teach your dog to do a somersault. He will roll around on the ground, but he refuses to execute the gymnastic move you desire because of

Instinctive Drift

Which of the following phenomena is illustrated by Tolman's study in which rats suddenly evidenced that they had learned to get through a maze once a reward was presented?

Latent Learning

Just before the doors of the elevator close, Lola, a coworker you despise, enters the elevator. You immediately leave, mumbling about having forgotten something. Your behavior results in

Negative Reinforcement

With which statement would B. F. Skinner most likely agree?

All learning is observable

A rat evidencing abstract learning might learn

Press a lever when he sees pictures of dogs but not cats

Which of the following is an example of positive reinforcement?

buying a child a video game after she throws a tantrum

Lily keeps poking Jared in Mr. Clayton's third-grade class. Mr. Clayton tells Jared to ignore Lily. Mr. Clayton is hoping that ignoring Lily's behavior will

extinguish the behavior.

The classical conditioning training procedure in which the US is presented before the CS is known as

Backward Conditioning

Just before something scary happens in a horror film, they often play scary-sounding music. When I hear the music, I tense up in anticipation of the scary event. In this situation, the music serves as a

CS

Before his parents will read him a bedtime story, Charley has to brush his teeth, put on his pajamas, kiss his grandmother good night, and put away his toys. This example illustrates

Chaining

. In teaching your cat to jump through a hoop, which reinforcement schedule would facilitate the most rapid learning?

Continuous

Many psychologists believe that children of parents who beat them are likely to beat their own children. One common explanation for this phenomenon is

Modeling

Which of the following is an example of a generalized reinforcer?

Money

Tina likes to play with slugs, but she can find them by the shed only after it rains. On what kind of reinforcement schedule is Tina's slug hunting?

Variable Interval