Conditioning 5B

25 July 2022
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In a series of experiments, men found women more attractive and sexually desirable when their photo were framed in ______________ .
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red
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Whacking the water to boost feeding success became increasingly common among humpback whales observed over a 22-year period. This is best explained in terms of ______________ .
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observational learning
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An organism learns associations between *events it does not control* during the process of ______________
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classical conditioning
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Any stimulus that, when presented after a response, strengthens the response is called a(n) ______________ .
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positive reinforcer
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Respondent behavior is defined as a(n) ______________ response to some stimulus.
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automatic
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We are especially likely to vicariously experience the reinforcing outcomes of those we perceive as ______________ .
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similar to ourselves
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The brain's capacity to simulate and vicariously experience the observed postures and facial expressions of others most clearly contributes to the development of a child's ______________ .
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theory of mind
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Research participants formed more gut-level liking for Pokemon characters associated with positive rather than negative images. This best illustrates the impact of ______________
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classical conditioning
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After learning to fear a white rat, Little Albert responded with fear to the sight of a rabbit. This best illustrates the process of ______________ .
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generalization
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A pigeon is consistently reinforced with food for pecking a key after seeing an image of a human face, but not reinforced for pecking after seeing other images. By signaling that a pecking response will be reinforced, the human face is a(n) ______________
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discriminatory stimulus