Psychology Unit 5

A Skinner box is most likely to be used in research on ______. A. classical conditioning B. operant conditioning C. vicarious learning D. cognitive learning

Al must build 25 radios before he receives $20. What schedule of reinforcement is being used? A. a variable-ratio schedule B. a fixed-ratio schedule C. a fixed-interval schedule D. a continuous schedule

An example of a discriminative stimulus might be a ________________. A. stop sign B. the stimulus that acts as a UCS in classical conditioning C. the white rat in Watson's Little Albert study of producing phobias D. a knee jerk

Cheryl is trying to teach her son to do the laundry by watching her. According to observational learning theory, to be effective what must occur? A. Her son must always model the behavior immediately. B. Her son must be motivated to learn how to do the laundry. C. Her son must be able to complete other tasks while watching her. D. Cheryl must show her son how to do the laundry while she is making dinner.

Learning that occurs but is not immediately reflected in a behavior change is called ______. A. insight B. innate learning C. vicarious learning D. latent learning

Learning to make a reflex response to a stimulus other than to the original, natural stimulus is called ________________. A. classical conditioning B. operant conditioning C. memory linkage D. adaptation

Pavlov placed meat powder in the mouths of dogs, and they began to salivate. The food acted as a(n) ____________. A. unconditioned response B. unconditioned stimulus C. conditioned response D. conditioned stimulus

The tendency to respond to a stimulus that is similar to the original conditioned stimulus is called _____________. A. stimulus generalization B. stimulus adaptation C. response generalization D. transfer of habit strength

What has occurred when there is a decrease in the likelihood or rate of a target response? A. punishment B. positive reinforcement C. negative reinforcement D. positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement

Under what circumstances will a reinforcer make the target response more likely to occur again? A. if it is a primary reinforcer B. if it is a positive reinforcer C. if it is a negative reinforcer D. Regardless of whether it is a positive or negative reinforcer, a reinforcer makes a response more likely to occur.