M͏P͏5📙Wk26-Mar.10-14, Learning and Conditioning Review

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Just before something scary happens in a horror film, they often play scary-sounding music. When I hear the music, I tense up in anticipation of the scary event. In this situation, the music serves as a(n)

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CS.

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Try as you might, you are unable to teach your dog to do a somersault. He will roll around on the ground, but he refuses to execute the gymnastic move you desire because of

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instinctive drift

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Which of the following is an example of a generalized reinforcer? chocolate cake, money, applause, high grades

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money

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In teaching your cat to jump through a hoop, which reinforcement schedule would facilitate the most rapid learning?

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continuous

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The classical conditioning training procedure in which the US is presented before the CS is known as

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backward conditioning.

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Tina likes to play with slugs, but she can find them by the shed only after it rains. On what kind of reinforcement schedule is Tina's slug hunting?

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variable-interval

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Just before the doors of the elevator close, Lola, a coworker you despise, enters the elevator. You immediately leave, mumbling about having forgotten something. Your behavior results in

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negative reinforcement.

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Which of the following phenomena is illustrated by Tolman's study in which rats suddenly evidenced that they had learned to get through a maze once a reward was presented? insight learning, latent learning, spontaneous recovery, classical conditioning

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latent learning

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Many psychologists believe that children of parents who beat them are likely to beat their own children. One common explanation for this phenomenon is

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modeling.

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When Tito was young, his parents decided to give him a quarter every day he made his bed. Tito started to make his siblings' beds also and help with other chores. Behaviorists would say that Tito was experiencing

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generalization.