Pschology Chapter 7 practice test

Learning is defined as "the process of acquiring through experience new and relatively enduring______ or________"

Two forms of associative learning are classical conditioning, in which the organism associates ______________ and operant conditioning, in which the organism associates__________.

In Pavlov's experiments, the tone started as a neutral stimulus, and then became a(n)____________ Stimulus.

Dogs have been taught to salivate to a circle but not to a square. this process is an example of?

After Watson and Rayner classically conditioned Little Albert to fear a white rat, the child later showed fear in response to a rabbit, a dog, and a sealskin coat. this illustrates

Thorndike's law of effect was the basis for_____ work on operant conditioning and behavior control.

One way to change behavior is to reward natural behaviors in small steps, as they get closer and closer to a desired behavior. This process is called________

your dog is barking so loudly that it's making your ears ring. You clap your hands, the dog stops barking, your ears ringing, and you think to yourself, "If I'll have to do that when he barks again." The end of the barking was for you a________

reinforcing a desired response only some of the times it occurs is called?

A restaurant is running a special deal. After you buy four meals at full price, your fifth meal will be free. this is an example of a_______ schedule of reinforcement

the partial reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response after unpredictable time periods is a __________-________ schedule.

a medieval proverb notes that "a burnt child dreads the fire." In operant conditioning, the burning would be an example of a

Which research showed that conditioning can occur even when the unconditioned stimulus does not immediately follow the neutral stimulus?

Taste-aversion research has shown that some animals develop aversions to certain tastes but not to sights or sounds. this finding supports

Evidence that cognitive processes play an important role in learning comes in part from studies in which rats

Parents are most effective in getting their children to imitate them if

Most experts agree that repeated viewing of TV violence

rats that explored a maze without any reward were alter able to run the maze as well as other rats that had received food rewards for running the maze. the rats that had learned without reinforcement demonstrated _____________

Children learn many social behaviors by imitating parents and other models. this type of learning is called

Some scientists believe that the brain has __________ that enable observation and imitation