Learning/Behavior

Type of learning associated with Skinner:

• classical conditioning
• operant conditioning
• Pavlonian conditioning
• observational learning

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

• CS
• CR
• UCS
• UCR

Which of the following is an example of positive reinforcement?

•  Taking away dessert if a child doesn't finish his dinner
•  Giving a child money for doing his chores
•  Spanking a child for walking into the street
•  Taking away privileges if a child doesn't finish his homework
  

Who discovered classical conditioning through his studies with dogs?

• Ivan Pavlov
• B. F. Skinner
• John B. Watson
• Edward Thorndike

Once Pavlov's dogs learned to salivate to the sound of a tuning fork, the tuning fork was a(n)

• unconditioned stimulus.
• neutral stimulus.
• conditioned stimulus.
• unconditioned response.

Who developed the "law of effect?"

• Edward Thorndike
• Ivan Pavlov
• B. F. Skinner
• John B. Watson

The tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses:

• Discrimination
• Generalization
• Extinction
• Spontaneous Recovery

In operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified number of responses:

• Fixed-ratio
• Variable-ratio
• Fixed-interval
• Variable-interval

Shaping is

• a pattern of responses that must be made before classical conditioning is completed
• rewarding behaviors that get closer and closer to the desired goal behavior
• completing a set of behaviors in succession before a reward is given
• inhibition of new learning by previous learning

John loves to fish. He puts his line in the water and leaves it there until he feels a tug. On what reinforcement schedule is he rewarded?

• continuous reinforcement
• variable interval
• fixed ratio
• variable ratio