Multiple Choice Questions

Al must build 25 radios before he receives $What schedule of reinforcement is being used?
  • fixed ratio
  • unconditioned stimulus
  • brain wave activity
  • a fixed-ratio schedule
For every 5 times that you go to the gym each week, you reward yourself with a treat. This best illustrates which of the following schedules of reinforcement?
  • fixed ratio
  • a white rat
  • maturation
  • a fixed-ratio schedule
Under what circumstances will a reinforcer make the target response more likely to occur again?
  • the learning/performance distinction
  • regardless of whether it is a positive or negative reinforcer, a reinforcer makes a response more likely to occur.
  • punishment
  • the CS has to provide information about the coming of the UCS
The tendency to respond to a stimulus that is similar to the original conditioned stimulus is called _____________.
  • the learning/performance distinction
  • classical conditioning
  • stimulus generalization
  • unconditioned stimulus
Neurofeedback, a newer type of biofeedback, involves trying to change ____________.
  • unconditioned stimulus
  • operant conditioning
  • brain wave activity
  • latent learning
Learning that takes place without actual performance (a kind of latent learning) is called _____________.
  • classical conditioning
  • latent learning
  • the CS has to provide information about the coming of the UCS
  • the learning/performance distinction
Thorndike was known for his work with ______.
  • a white rat
  • latent learning
  • a puzzle box
  • Her son must be motivated to learn how to do the laundry
Cheryl is trying to teach her son to do the laundry by having him watch her. According to observational learning theory, to be effective what must occur?
  • the learning/performance distinction
  • a puzzle box
  • the CS has to provide information about the coming of the UCS
  • Her son must be motivated to learn how to do the laundry
Rescorla's modern conceptualization of classical conditioning is based on the idea that ______________.
  • regardless of whether it is a positive or negative reinforcer, a reinforcer makes a response more likely to occur.
  • the learning/performance distinction
  • the CS has to provide information about the coming of the UCS
  • classical conditioning
The "aha!" experience is known as ________________.
  • latent learning
  • a white rat
  • insight learning
  • a stop sign
What was the conditioned stimulus (CS) in the case of Little Albert?
  • a white rat
  • a stop sign
  • punishment
  • latent learning
What has occurred when there is a decrease in the likelihood or rate of a target response?
  • latent learning
  • maturation
  • punishment
  • a white rat
A Skinner box is most likely to be used in research on ______.
  • a stop sign
  • operant conditioning
  • classical conditioning
  • brain wave activity
Learning that occurs but is not immediately reflected in a behavior change is called ______.
  • the learning/performance distinction
  • insight learning
  • classical conditioning
  • latent learning
College students faced with unsolvable problems eventually give up and make only half hearted attempts to solve new problems, even when the new problems can be solved easily. This behavior is probably due to ______.
  • unconditioned stimulus
  • learned helplessness
  • brain wave activity
  • fixed ratio
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