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Learning can best be described as |
A relatively permanent change in behavior |
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Michael noticed that whenever he moved his dog food dish his dog would come into the kitchen and act hungry. The sound of the dish had become a |
conditioned stimulus |
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Which of the following statements is essential to cassical conditioning?> |
The Cs and UCS must come close together in time |
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ever since she was scared by a dog as a young child angelica has been afraid of all dogs. The fact that she is not only afraid of the original dog but all types of dog is an example of |
Stimulus generalization |
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Helen has overcome her fear of toy snakes. However on one occasion her fear returned when she found a toy snake in the cushions of her couch. Such a reaction is called a |
Spontaneous recovery |
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In the experiement with Little Albert the conditioned stimulus was the |
The white rat Albert was conditioned to fear the white rat |
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Which of the following would be an example of viscarious classical conditioning |
As a young child tony frequently observed his older sisters jump around and scream when anyone saw a spider. Subsequently tony experiences feelings of fear when he sees a spider |
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Cindy has cheesy tacos at a local resturant. Later she became terrible il and suffered. What might we predict based on conitioned taste aversion. |
Cindy will probably get nauseated the next time she tries to eat cheesy tacos |
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Rescorla found that the CS must ____ the UCS for conditioning to take place |
PRedict |
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Thordike law of effect. Some good happens from an action, so therefore good things will happen from that action |
John gets compliments from carla for wearing a nice shirt. So everytime he sees carla he wears a nice shirt |
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To a dog _____ is an example of a primary reinforcer. Where as _____ is an example of a secondary reinforcer |
Dog food; a frisbee |
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If u stay up and study and wake up tired. Then in the future u study before u go to bed so that u advoid the worry and sleeplessness such a behavior is |
negative reinforcement |
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With operant conditioning ____ are imprtoant in forming an association whereas with classical conditioning ____ are important in forming an association |
consequences; antecedent stimuli |
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If a bill collector checks the mailbox and somedays he recieves payments and other days he does not what schedule of reinforcement is evident here |
variable interval |
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Little jimmie mother was upset that jimmie had not picked up his building blocks after being told to. The next morning had found all his blocks picked up and put into a bag on top of the refrigerator. Jimme mother told him he couldnt play with the blocks for two days. What type of punishment did she use |
Punishment by removal |
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Instinctiive drift in animal behavior is |
genetically determined and not under the influence of learning |
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A credit card reward mile program is an approach of |
token economy |
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Neurofeedback is a form of ____ and works to change a persons _____ through a series of reinforcements |
biofeedback; brain activity |
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In Tolman maze study the fact that the group of rats receiving reinforcement only after day 10 of the study solved the maze far more quickly than the rats who had been reinforcement from day one can be interrepted to mean that these rats |
had already learned the maze in the first 9 days |
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An ability to perform the recipe is an example of |
latent learning |
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Which theory is commonoly reffered to as the aha phenomenon |
kohler insight theory |
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Learned helpness may be due to a higher level region of the brain known as the ____ which helps subject determine what is controllable |
Ventromedial prefrontal cortex |
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Bandura studies found that learning can take place without actual performance What is this referred to as |
learning/performance distinction |
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what is the correct sequence of the four elements of obbservation learning |
Attetnion. Memory. Imitation. Desire AMID |
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SHeila almost got hit by a car at a street corner. From that day on shelia loks before she reaches the street corner. This change in behavior is the result of |
learning |
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At home u rattle the chain on your dog leash every time u prepare to take him or a walk. After several episode like this u find ur dog comes to the door when u pick up the leash. What is the condtioned stimulus |
the leash |
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A child has been classically conditioned to fear a white rat. The child shows no fear to a black rat this is called |
Stimulus discrimintation |
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During the cold winter u have stopped taking ur dog for walks. Whats more that when u accidently rattle the leash the dog doesnt expect he is going for a walk. What has occured |
extinction |
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What is the relationship between negative reinforcement and punishment? |
Negative reinforcement strengthens a response while punishments weakens a response. |
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What does instinctive drift mean |
The animals would learn skills through reinforcement but eventually revert back to their genetically controlled patterns of behavior |
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What does AMID stand for |
Attention, memory, imitation, desire |
