Psychology - Chapter 6 Quiz
Sally takes two aspirin to remove a headache. This is an example of:
negative reinforcement
A child misbehaves. His dad makes him do several hours of boring chores. This is:
positive punishment
A child is paid $100 for every A that he earns on his report card. This is:
positive reinforcement
In operant conditioning, what describes adding something to decrease the likelihood of behavior?
punishment
Although B. F. Skinner and John B. Watson refused to believe that thoughts and expectations play a role in learning, ________ suggested a cognitive aspect to learning.
Edward C. Tolman
Which of the following is an example of a variable ratio reinforcement schedule?
Joyce playing scratch-off lottery tickets
In the Pavlov study the UCR is the:
salivation
Which term best describes rewarding successive approximations of a target behavior?
shaping
A child is stung by a bee. Afterward, he fears bees, but no other type of flying insect. This is:
stimulus discrimination
In the Bo-Bo doll study:
children modeled an adult's behavior
Prior to conditioning the bell is the:
NS
In classical conditioning responses are:
elicited
A parent removes a child's cell phone for misbehavior. This is:
negative punishment
Learning that occurs while watching others and then imitating, or modeling, what they do or say is called ________ learning.
observational
Who conducted the classic Bo-Bo doll study?
Bandura
In Pavlov's original experiment the UCS was the:
Food
________ is known for using Little Albert in his studies on human emotion.
John B. Watson
Pavlov stopped pairing the bell with the food. The animal ceased salivating after presentation of the bell. This is:
extinction
A child received an immunization by a doctor who was wearing a white lab coat. Since that time the child experiences fear any time he sees anyone wearing a white garment. This is:
stimulus generalization
In classical conditioning, the association that is learned is between a ________.
neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus