Psychology CH7

Under what circumstances will a reinforcer make the target response more likely to occur again?

After a scary biking accident, Alex extinguished his conditioned fear of bikes by cycling on a safe biking trail every day for a week. The reappearance of his previously extinguished fear when he rode a bike on the same trail two weeks later best illustrates:

In a series of experiments, men found women more attractive and sexually desirable when their photos were framed in:

Which of the following has helped prevent coyotes and wolves from attacking sheep?

A child's learned fear at the sight of a hypodermic needle is a(n):

B. F. Skinner's work established what E. L. Thorndike had called

Five-year-olds copy senseless and irrelevant adult actions such as stroking a plastic jar with a feather before reaching inside the jar for a toy. This best illustrates:

Harmony notices that her cat salivates as soon as her cat hears the sound of Harmony opening a can with an electric can opener. In this example, the _______ is the conditioned stimulus.

Positive reinforcement is to negative reinforcement as _______

Dan and Joel, both 4-year-olds, have seen all the Spiderman movies. Joel's mother recently found the boys standing on the garage roof, ready to try jumping across to the next roof. What best accounts for the boy's behavior?

Your heart may race when you are confronted by a lion but not when you are approached by a kitten. This best illustrates the adaptive value of

according to some researchers, a televised fistfight may lead views to mentally stimulate fistfighting thanks to the activation of:

Purchasing state lottery tickets is reinforced with monetary winnings on a ________ schedule.

Alex was paid $100 for eight hours of work. The money was a(n)

An integrated understanding of associative learning in terms of genetic predispositions, culturally learned preferences, and the predictability of certain associations is most clearly provided by

Paul and Michael sell magazine subscriptions by telephone. Paul is paid $1.00 for every five calls he makes, while Michael is paid $1.00 for every subscription he sells, regardless of the number of calls he makes. Paul's telephoning is reinforced on a ________ schedule, whereas Michael's is reinforced on a ________ schedule.

Children are especially likely to behave aggressively after viewing TV violence in which an attractive person commits

Peggy's use of foul language decreased because it was followed by the loss of her $5 weekly allowance. Taking away Peggy's is allowance served as _____ for her foul language.