Modules 19, 20, and 21

Jeremiah has a fear of flying after being in a plane crash 5 years ago. Now, he can fly again without distress. This indicates that his fear has undergone

• extinction.

• spontaneous recovery.

• generalization.

• operant conditioning.

After Pavlov conditioned a dog to salivate in response to a sound, the sound is a

• unconditioned stimulus.

• conditioned stimulus.

• primary reinforcer.

• neutral stimulus.

For the most rapid acquisition of the CR, the NS should be presented

• shortly after the CR.

• shortly after the US.

• shortly before the US.

• at the same time as the US.

Operant conditioning involves _______ behavior, whereas classical conditioning involves _______ behavior.

• delayed; primary

• respondent; operant

• primary; secondary

• operant; respondent

You would be most likely to use operant conditioning to teach a child to

• fear cars in the street.

• like the taste of vegetables.

• jump when they are happy.

• write their name in cursive.

If Amita receives a reinforcer after a specified time has elapsed, what partial reinforcement schedule is she undergoing?

• fixed-interval schedule

• fixed-ratio schedule

• variable-interval schedule

• fixed-ratio schedule

If you are texting and driving and you get into a fender bender, the fender bender will serve as a

• positive reinforcer.

• positive punishment.

• negative reinforcer.

• negative punishment.

Joshua is watching a violent movie and learns aggressive behaviors. Joshua does not imitate those behaviors until days later when his friend bet him $10 that he couldn't kick. Joshua's behavior best illustrates the importance of

• unconditioned stimuli.

• biological constraints.

• operant conditioning.

• latent learning.

If a child is exposed to a model punching a Bobo doll and then that model were to tell the child to not punch the doll, what would the child be most likely to do?

• Not punch the Bobo doll.

• Ignore what the model says and does and go do their own thing.

• Punch the doll and tell others to not punch it.

• Be afraid of the model.

When learning, you are influenced by genetic predispositions, culturally learned preferences, and the predictability of certain associations. This could be understood through a

• Pavlov experiment.

• Watson's behaviorism.

• instinctive drift.

• a biopsychosocial approach.