Psychology - Learning

Tabetha has a mental picture of the layout of her house, also called a _____, so when she comes home late at night she can navigate through the rooms without turning on a light.

cognitive map

Stanley was diagnosed with lymphoma and had to undergo several months of chemotherapy. During this time he would become very nauseated as a side effect, and unintentionally came to associate that nausea with his favorite grilled cheese sandwich. Now, years later, even thinking about a grilled cheese sandwich makes him sick. In this example, Stanley's nauseous reaction to a grilled cheese sandwich is the ______.

conditioned response

Jemma wants to teacher her son to say thank you, Every time he says thank you, Jemma praises him and gives him a hug. Which reinforcement schedule is this?

continuous

Molly attempts to condition her puppy to greet her when she enters the house. She repeatedly pairs her entry to the house with a treat for the puppy. The puppy eventually acquires this ability, and Molly realizes how irritating it is for the puppy to run up to her every time she enters the house. She attempts to make the puppy stop, and eventually the puppy no longer feels motivated to greet her when she enters the house. The puppy no longer greeting her when she enters the house is an example of _____.

extinction

Gus receives a paycheck at the end of every week. Which reinforcement schedule is this?

fixed interval

Birds migrating, cats chasing prey, sea turtles moving toward the ocean immediately after birth, and a joey (baby kangaroo) moving to its mother's pouch immediately after birth are all examples of ______.

instincts

Which experiment involves the use of classical conditioning?

knowing that a student fears exams, the instructor wears a bright red shirt only on exam day, every exam day, to see how long it is before the red shirt becomes an object of frear to the student

Which of the following is an example of fixed ratio reinforcement schedule?

knowing you will get to play miniature golf as soon as you collect 10 gold stars for your reward chart

Learning that occurs but is not observable in behavior until there is a reason to demonstrate it is called ______ learning

latent

In Pavlov's classical conditioning , the term conditioned is approximately synonymous with the word ______.

learned

What do psychologists call a relatively permanent change in behavior or knowledge that results from experience?

learning

Gabrielle watches her father put batteries into her toy phone, and she is then able to put the batteries into the toy phone herself without further instruction from her father. In this example, Gabrielle's father is a ______.

model

A stimulus that does not initially elicit a response in an organism is a(n) _____

neutral stimulus

In classical conditioning, the association that is learned is between a ____.

neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus

Which of the following experiments involves the use of operant conditioning?

rewarding a child for finishing his oatmeal and counting how many times the child needs to be rewarded before he finishes his oatmeal voluntarily

Which term best describes rewarding successive approximations of a target behavior?

shaping

After a hurricane warning came across the television, young Eli became terrified of the alarm sound that signaled a severe weather warning. Over the next few months he heard it several times when the "required monthly tests" came on the television, and he fear faded away. One day the alarm sounded and Eli jumped up and ran out of the room. This return of a previously extinguished response is called ____.

spontaneous recovery

_______ reinforcers have innate reinforcing qualities

primary

Which of the following is an example of vicarious reinforcement?

Babs saw Martin receive a candy bar for completing his reading list. She is careful to complete her reading list because she saw Martin get a reward for doing it

What is the main idea of operant conditioning?

Behavior is motivated by the consequences we receive for the behavior: reinforcements and punishments.

Which of the following is an example of vicarious punishment?

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

What is the main idea of social learning theory?

One can learn new behaviors by observing others

Which two concepts can be thought of as opposite processes within the classical conditioning model?

acquisition and extinction

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

Classical and operant conditioning are forms of _____ learning

associative

Which is the correct order of steps in the modeling process?

attention, retention, reproduction, motivation

Which of the following is an example of instinct?

baby turning its head to suckle when its cheek is stroked

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?

observational

Hideki tells a lie and is grounded. He does this several times, finally learning that his behavior (lying) is associated with a consequence (being grounded). Which kind of learning is this?

operant conditioning

In _____ reinforcement, the person or animal is not reinforced every time a desired behavior is performed

partial

Dave's boss told him that he doesn't have to attend the company picnic (which everybody dislikes) if Dave meets his sales quota this month. Dave's boss is using ____.

positive reinforcement

You begin to salivate when you smell your favorite cake in the oven, but not when you smell the cross sent of a dirty diaper. This is an example of ___.

stimulus discrimination

You are a big fan of your grandmother's chocolate chip cookies. Just the smell of them causes your to feel hungry. ONe night she is making chocolate chip oatmeal almond cookies, a variation of her usual recipe. You smell the baking cookies and even though it is different than her usual cookie scent you still suddenly feel hungry for a treat. This demonstrates the classical conditioning principle of _____.

stimulus generalization

Which of the following is an example of a reflex?

the pupil of your eye contracting in the presence of bright light

Gambling at a slot machine is an example of which reinforcement schedule?

variable ratio