PSYCH Final

If the principles of social learning theory are true, the children may model aggressive behavior ________.

After seeing a television character for taking violent action against another character.

What did John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner demonstrate with their studies of Little Albert?

Emotion can be a conditioned response

Which statement about Edward C. Tolman is incorrect?

He found that emotions can be a conditioned response.

What was the main point of Ivan Pavlov's experiment with dogs?

Learning can occur when a conditional stimulus is paired with an unconditional stimulus.

What is the main idea of social learning theory?

One can learn new behaviors by observing others.

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

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

Rewarding a child for finishing his oatmeal much and counting hoe many times the child needs to be rewarded before he finishes his oatmeal voluntarily.

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 fear for the student.

What should be changed to make the following sentence true? In classical conditioning, the initial period of learning is known as latent.

The word "latent: should be changed to the word "acquisition".

Which of the following is false about John B. Watson?

He is considered the founder of behaviorism.

Which Statement about B.F. Skinner is correct?

He is famous for demonstrating the principles of operant conditioning: The motivation for a behavior happens after the behavior is demonstrated.

What should be changed to make the following sentence true? In social learning theory, B.F. Skinner identified three types of models: live, verbal, and symbolic.

The name "B.F. Skinner" should be changed to "Albert Bandura."

What should be changed to make the following sentence true? Spontaneous acquisition is the return of a previously extinguished conditioned response.

The word "acquisition" should be changes to the word "recovery".