chapter 6 psychology

the continued presentation of the CS without the US will result in the gradual disappearance of the CR. this phenomenon is know as

extinction

when erica was a child she was bitten by a german shepard dog. what stimuli is most likely to demonstrate stimulus generalization to?

any dog

according to skinner, the fundamental principle of operant conditioning is that organisms tend to repeat those responses that...

are followed by favorable consequences

a type of learning in which a stimulus acquires the capacity to evoke a response that was originally evoked by another stimulus is known as

classical conditioning

sam reported feeling "weak in the knees" whenever she smelled cigarette smoke and Beenans gum because of the association of these smells with her first love. in this example her weak knees would be

conditioned stimulus

you are watching a rat press a lever in a skinner box to obtain food pellets. the rat pauses for a long time after each food pellet is delivered, but slowly increases its rate of lever pressing as more time elapses. the reinforcement schedule that is in place is MOST likely

a fixed interval schedule

learning that not appearing from behavior when it first occurs is known as

latent learning

research into the debate on the role of media violence on children suggest that

media violence contributes to increased aggression amount children and adults

teenage daughter has not cleaned her room in a month. you go in and yell and she begins to clean up, and you stop yelling. the daughters behavior can be viewed as responding to

negative reinforcement

in the featured study on modeling and behavior by bandura, ross and ross the results suggest that

observers are likely to imitate another's behavior leads to positive consequences

food is an example of ___; praise is an example of ___

primary reinforcer; a secondary reinforcer

troy used to really enjoy lime sherbet and when he was in mexico he tired frozen lime margaritas. after his fourth margarita troy became extremely ill. now he finds that even the sight of lime sherbet in a bowl can make him feel queasy. the unconditioned stimulus is

the lime margaritas that troy consumed