psych ch 6 quiz

In operant conditioning ______________ when something is removed to increase the likelihood of a behavior.

negative reinforcement

Learning that occurs while watching others and then imitating, or modeling, what they do or say is called _____________ learning.

observational

When an organism receives a reinforcer each time it displays a behavior, it is called ____________ reinforcement.

observational

In operant conditioning, what describes adding something to decrease the likelihood of behavior.

punishment

Mia is taught to go to sleep when the light is turned off. However, for many months Mia no longer falls asleep when the light is turned off. Later, Mia begins to fall asleep when the light is turned off again. This is an example of _________________.

spontaneous recovery

In the initial period of learning, ____________ describes when an organism learns to connect a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus.

acquisition

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

after seeing a television receive a reward for taking violent action against another character

Classical and operant conditioning are forms of _____________ learning.

associational

__________ is known for using little Albert in his studies on human emotion.

B. F. Skinner

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

What is the main idea of social learning theory?

One can learn new behaviors by observing others

What do psychologists call a relative change in behavior or knowledge that results from our experiences?

Learning

Gus receives a paycheck every week, which reinforcement schedule is this?

fixed interval

Ron is taught to use a special numbers trick to check his final answer, but he does not demonstrate this skill until his end-of-the year math test. This is an example of ____________;

latent learning

Gabrielle watches her father put batteries into her toy phone, and she ins 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