Conditioning and Learning
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In Pavlov's famous experiment, what is the term for the food that naturally causes the dog to salivate?
View answer and explanationWhat type of conditioning occurs when a behavior, as opposed to a stimulus, is associated with the occurrence of a significant event?
View answer and explanationAccording to the chapter, what phenomenon describes when a person who gets sick after drinking too much tequila develops a profound dislike for its taste and odor?
View answer and explanationWhat is the term for the effect where an animal, having first learned to associate one stimulus with a US, does not learn to associate a second, simultaneous stimulus with the same US?
View answer and explanationWhich of the following is NOT one of the four parts of the observational learning process theorized by Albert Bandura?
View answer and explanationIn operant conditioning, what term describes a stimulus that signals whether a response will be reinforced?
View answer and explanationWhat does the reinforcer devaluation effect demonstrate about learning in operant conditioning?
View answer and explanationAfter a conditioned response has been extinguished, its re-emergence following a lapse in time is known as what?
View answer and explanationWhat did the Bobo doll experiment, where children observed an adult interacting aggressively with a doll, primarily demonstrate?
View answer and explanationThe fact that humans and rats are more inclined to associate an illness with a flavor rather than with a light or tone is an example of what concept?
View answer and explanationIn the alarm clock example, where waking up early (US) causes grumpiness (UR) and is paired with a tone (CS), what does the tone eventually produce?
View answer and explanationWhat is Thorndike's law of effect?
View answer and explanationDrug cues that elicit responses that 'compensate' for the upcoming effect of the drug are known as what?
View answer and explanationWhat is the key difference modern thinkers often emphasize between classical and operant conditioning in terms of what is learned?
View answer and explanationWhat is the term for learning that occurs by observing the reinforcement or punishment of another person?
View answer and explanationWhat does the quantitative law of effect suggest about a reinforcer's effectiveness?
View answer and explanationInstrumental behavior that occurs automatically in the presence of a stimulus and is no longer sensitive to reinforcer devaluation is called what?
View answer and explanationWhat is the renewal effect in the context of classical conditioning?
View answer and explanationAccording to the chapter, which two individuals first studied and later extended the principles of operant conditioning?
View answer and explanationWhat is the key element required for classical conditioning to occur, as highlighted by the blocking effect?
View answer and explanationIn the S-R-O framework, what does the S – (R – O) association represent?
View answer and explanationWho is credited with developing Social Learning Theory, which includes the concept of observational learning?
View answer and explanationIn a laboratory, if lever-pressing is reinforced only when a light is on, the light serves as a what?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary lesson from operant conditioning research regarding voluntary behavior?
View answer and explanationWhich concept suggests that extinction does not erase the original learning but rather inhibits it in a specific context?
View answer and explanationWhat are social models in the context of Social Learning Theory?
View answer and explanationA classical CS, such as a bell that signals food, elicits not just salivation but a whole system of responses. Which of the following is NOT one of the responses mentioned in the text?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary difference between goal-directed behavior and habit in instrumental conditioning?
View answer and explanationAccording to the chapter, what is a key reason that classical conditioning is still widely studied today?
View answer and explanationIn the integrated S-R-O framework, the association between the stimulus (S) and the outcome (O) represents which type of learning?
View answer and explanationPigeons learning to peck different buttons in a Skinner box for images of flowers versus cars is an example of using instrumental conditioning to study what cognitive process?
View answer and explanationWhat is the term for the response in classical conditioning that is elicited by the conditioned stimulus after learning has occurred?
View answer and explanationWhat term did B. F. Skinner use for the laboratory cage where a rat learns to press a lever to receive food?
View answer and explanationThe chapter mentions that a drug user will be most 'tolerant' to a drug in the presence of cues associated with it. This is explained by what mechanism?
View answer and explanationHow many parts does Bandura's theory propose for the observational learning process?
View answer and explanationWhat is the term for a consequence that decreases the strength of an operant behavior?
View answer and explanationClassical and operant conditioning almost always occur at the same time outside of the laboratory. The chapter provides an example of a person reinforced for drinking alcohol. In this scenario, what serves as the stimuli available for association with the reinforcer?
View answer and explanationWhat does the term 'elicited' signify about the response in classical conditioning?
View answer and explanationIn the later Bobo doll study mentioned, what condition led children in the aggressive group to show LESS aggressive behavior?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary characteristic of the response in operant conditioning?
View answer and explanationWhich of the following describes the procedure of extinction in classical conditioning?
View answer and explanationWhy might a cancer patient develop an aversion to the waiting room of a chemotherapy clinic?
View answer and explanationAn important distinction of operant conditioning is that it provides a method for studying how consequences influence what type of behavior?
View answer and explanationIn the S-R-O framework, what does the S-R association represent?
View answer and explanationWhat type of stimuli are typically used as social models in observational learning?
View answer and explanationWhat is fear conditioning?
View answer and explanationIn the operant conditioning example of a student striving for a good grade, what function do participation points serve?
View answer and explanationWhat does it mean for an operant response to be 'emitted'?
View answer and explanationClassical conditioning is involved in many aspects of eating. Flavors associated with which type of nutrients can become preferred?
View answer and explanationThe final part of Bandura's four-part model of observational learning is motivation. What does this part acknowledge?
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