Practice Exam 4 PSY 201

After a week at college, Jon has formed a mental representation of the layout of the campus and no longer gets lost. Jon has developed a

When Adam observed his sister being scolded after she hit another child, Adam also discontinued hitting other children. This best illustrates the impact of

Using rewards to bribe people to engage in an activity they already enjoy is most likely to inhibit

A child who is punished for swearing at home but reinforced for swearing on the school playground is most likely to demonstrate a patterned habit of swearing that is indicative of

The predictability rather than the frequency of CS-US associations appears to be crucial for classical conditioning. This highlights the importance of __ in conditioning.

In Pavlov's original experiment with dogs, the meat served as

According to B.F. Skinner, human behavior is controlled primarily by

The highest and most consistent rate of response is produced by a __ schedule.

Every Saturday morning, Arnold quickly washes the family's breakfast dishes so that his father will allow him to wash his car. In this instance, washing the car is a(n)

A learned association between behaviors and resulting events is central to

Online testing systems and interactive software are applications using the operant conditioning principles of

Desensitization and imitation are two factors that contribute to

Blake is a carpet installer who wants to be paid for each square foot of carpet he lays rather than with an hourly wage. Blake prefers working on a __ schedule of reinforcement.

In Watson and Rayner's experiment, the loud noise was the __ and the white rat was the __.

A stimulus that acquires reinforcing power through its association with a primary reinforcer is called a __ reinforcer.

Watching the night sky for shooting stars is likely to be reinforced on a __ schedule.

PUnishment __ the rate of operant responding, and negative reinforcement __ the rate of operant responding.

An animal trainer is teaching a miniature poodle to balance on a ball. Initially, he gives the poodle a treat for approaching the ball, then only for placing its front paws on the ball, and finally only for climbing on the ball. The trainer is using the method of

When Adam observed his sister being scolded after she hit another child, Adam also discontinued hitting other children. This best illustrates the impact of

According to B.F. Skinner, human behavior is controlled primarily by

In Watson and Rayner's experiment, the loud noise was the __ and the white rat was the __.

An empathic husband who sees his wife in pain will exhibit some of the same brain activity she is showing. According to many researchers, this best illustrates the functioning of

Alex learned to babysit and care for young children effectively by observing the many ways his mother carefully nurtured his own younger siblings. This best illustrates the value of observational learning for promoting

The study of respondent behavior is to __ as the study of operant behavior is to __.

To assess whether Mrs. Webster had suffered from a brain injury, researchers conditioned her to blink in response to a sound that signaled the delivery of a puff of air directed toward her face. In this application of classical conditioning, the sound was a

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that elicits no response before conditioning is called a(n)

Asking women for dates is most likely to be reinforced on a __ schedule.

Psychologists define learning as the process of

A stimulus that acquires reinforcing power through its association with a primary reinforcer is called a __ reinforcer.

After learning to fear a white rat, Little Albert responded with fear to the sight of a rabbit. This best illustrates the process of

Resistance to extinction is most strongly encouraged by __ reinforcement.

A fixed-interval schedule of reinforcement is one in which a response is reinforced only after a(n)

Desensitization and imitation are two factors that contribute to

Watching the night sky for shooting stars is likely to be reinforced on a __ schedule.

A learned association between two stimuli is central to

A child who is punished for swearing at home but reinforced for swearing on the school playground is most likely to demonstrate a patterned habit of swearing that is indicative of

Blake is a carpet installer who wants to be paid for each square foot of carpet he lays rather than with an hourly wage. Blake prefers working on a __ schedule of reinforcement.