Intro to Psychology - Chapter 7 Quiz

Through direct experience with animals, we come to anticipate that dogs will bark and that birds will chirp. This best illustrates

Associative learning

Conditioning seldom occurs when a ________ comes after a(n) ________

CS;US

If the onset of a light reliably signals the onset of food, a rat in a Skinner box will work to turn on the light. In this reinforcer case, the light is a _______ reinforcer.

Conditioned

Pavlov noticed that dogs began salivating at the mere sight of the person who regularly brought food to them, the sight of this person was a(n)

Conditioned stimulus

Punishment _______ rate of operant responding, and negative reinforcement ______ the rate of operant responding.

Decreases; increases

Airline frequent flyer programs that reward customers with a free flight after every 50,000 miles of travel illustrate the use of _______ schedule of reinforcement.

Fixed ratio

A year after surviving a classroom shooting incident, Angie still responds with terror at the sight of toy guns and the sound of balloons popping. This reaction best illustrates

Generalization

An empathic husband who sees his wife in pain will exhibit some of the same brain activity she is showing. According to many researchers, this best illustrates the functioning of

Mirror neurons

John B. Watson believed that psychology would be the science of

Observable behavior

If one chimpanzee watches a second chimp solve a puzzle for a food reward, the first chimp may thereby learn how to solve the puzzle. This best illustrates

Observable learning

Blinking in response to a puff of air directed to your eye is a

UR

In teaching her son to play basketball, Mrs. Richards initially reinforces him with praise for simply dribbling while standing still, then only for walking while dribbling and finally only for running while dribbling. She is using a procedure known as

Shaping

The law of effect was most clearly highlighted by

Skinner's experiments on reinforcement

Long after her conditioned fear of dogs had been extinguished, Mary experienced an unexpected surge of nervousness when first shown her cousins new cocker spaniel. Her unexpected nervousness best illustrates

Spontaneous recovery

An organism's ability to mentally anticipate that a US will follow a CS is most likely to be highlighted by a(n) ________ perspective

cognitive