Ever since she ate too many shrimp at the all you can eat buffet and vomited all over her boyfriend, Sharon becomes nauseous at the sight of shrimp. In this example the conditioned stimulus is ________.

What schedule of reinforcement is being used: A slot machine pays off after a variable number of attempts.

What schedule of reinforcement is being used: Your dog receives a treat every time they do a trick.

Watson conditioned baby Albert to be fearful of a little white rat by repeatedly presenting a white rat followed by a loud noise. Match each component of the experiment with the appropriate terminology. UCS

Watson conditioned baby Albert to be fearful of a little white rat by repeatedly presenting a white rat followed by a loud noise. Match each component of the experiment with the appropriate terminology. CS

Watson conditioned baby Albert to be fearful of a little white rat by repeatedly presenting a white rat followed by a loud noise. Match each component of the experiment with the appropriate terminology. UCR

Watson conditioned baby Albert to be fearful of a little white rat by repeatedly presenting a white rat followed by a loud noise. Match each component of the experiment with the appropriate terminology. CR

Punishment is most effective if:

If you reinforce successively closer approximations of a behavior until the desired behavior is displayed, you are using the operant conditioning procedure called:

Prior to conditioning, a dog does not salivate to the sound of a ringing bell. At this point, the ringing bell is:

Sarah is having trouble passing her statistics course. No matter how hard she studies she cannot seem to pass a test. Eventually, Sara gives up and stops studying or even coming to class. Sara's behavior can be explained as an example of:

Ivan Pavlov was:

Which of the following would be considered a secondary reinforcer?

What schedule of reinforcement is being used: Your dog receives a treat every 4 hours.

Albert Bandura's famous Bobo Doll experiment showed that:

Whenever Jan tries to talk on the telephone, her 5-year-old daughter Isabel repeatedly interrupts her. If Jan wanted to use the strategy of reinforcing the nonoccurrence of the problem behavior, she would:

John B. Watson believed that psychology should study:

Watson used a little white rat to condition Baby Albert. The use of the white rat follows the rule of:

Pavlov found that once he conditioned a dog to salivate in response to a tone, a tone that was slightly higher or lower in pitch would also make the dog salivate. This phenomenon is called:

To keep from getting sunburned when he mows the lawn, Kevin always sprays himself with sunscreen before he starts mowing. The sunblock works and he avoids getting sunburned. Using operant conditioning terms, this is an example of:

In classical conditioning a person or animal is trained to associate ____________, while in operant conditioning a person or animal is trained to pair _____________.

Whenever your dog scratches at the back door you immediately get up and open the door to remove the irritating scratching sound. In operant conditioning terms, what type of learning has occurred for YOU?

According to the American Psychological Association and other public health organizations, more than a thousand research studies suggest that children who see a lot of violence in the media:

Caleb had a wonderful time on his first date with Shauna. Because of this, he asked Shauna to go out on a second date. What best explains Caleb's behavior of asking Shauna for another date?

What schedule of reinforcement is being used: Jimmy always asks his mom if he can stay up late. Sometimes she says "yes" and sometimes she says "no." (Bad idea by the way--be consistent).

Steven Spielberg's classic movie Jaws was a thriller about a great white shark that terrorized tourists at a local beach. Just before the shark's appearance, spooky music began playing. As the unseen shark came closer, the tempo of the music picked up. After the audience had experienced this a few times, the sound of the music triggered the emotional reaction of fear in the audience even though the shark still had not appeared. At that point, the sound of the eerie music was a(n):

Johnny's little brother follows him around, copies his way of walking, dressing, talking, etc . This type of learning is called:

Whenever your dog scratches at the back door you immediately get up and open the door to remove the irritating scratching sound. In operant conditioning terms, what type of learning has occurred for your DOG?

What type of learning breaks the 3 rules of classical conditioning (novelty, contiguity and contingency)?

Dr. McCall is conducting another experiment. In group 1, she stops playing an irritating noise if the kids clean up their room. In group 2, there is no irritating noise before or after kids clean their room. Her results show that kids in Group 1 clean their room more often. Which type of reinforcement is being used in group 1 this time?

Susan constantly bites her nails. In her sleep her husband rubs garlic on them. Susan stops biting her nails. In operant conditioning terms, what type of learning has occurred?

Coyotes who have been fed sheep carcasses that have been laced with a nausea-inducing poison are less likely to prey on sheep in the wild. This phenomenon is best explained by which classical conditioning phenomenon?

Once you condition a rabbit to blink in response to a tone, a tone that is slightly higher or lower in pitch may also make the rabbit blink. This phenomenon is called:

In a room full of toys, a 2-year old boy will most likely to be drawn to:

What phenomenon was Pavlov studying when he began his studies on the phenomenon that eventually became known as classical conditioning?

To keep from getting mosquito bites when he mows the lawn, Kevin always sprays himself with insect repellent before he starts mowing. Using operant conditioning terms, this is an example of:

  

What schedule of reinforcement is being used: You earn a paycheck every two weeks.

Negative reinforcement _____ the likelihood of a behavior's being repeated, and positive punishment _____ the likelihood of a behavior's being repeated.

Ever since she ate too many shrimp at the all you can eat buffet and vomited all over her boyfriend, Sharon becomes nauseous at the sight of shrimp. In this example the conditioned response is ________.

Your car makes an annoying sound until you fasten your seatbelt. In operant conditioning terms, what type of learning has occurred?

Studies found that adolescents who watched a great deal of television programs with a high level of sexual content:

Andrew works for NASA and gets paid once a month, whereas his friend George works at a fast food restaurant and gets paid once a week. Despite the difference in when they are paid, both are paid on a _____ schedule of reinforcement.