AP Psych learning pt. 2

When Little Albert generalized his fear of the white rat that meant 

• he feared all furry things
• he distinguished between the bell and the gong
• he learned the association between the gong and the rat
• he suddenly feared rats after successful extinction

Carly used to feel nausea when going to McDonalds because she associated the food with illness.  After a few good meals there, she no longer feels the nausea. Which prinicple?

• spontaneous recovery
• extinction
• second-order conditioning
• generalization

Mariah developed a fear of the water when she fell off a river raft last summer. This year she took swimming lessons and thought she had finally overcome her fear of water. She was eagerly looking forward to an upcoming rafting trip, however, as soon as she stepped onto the raft she was instantly terrified again. 

• extinction
• generalization
• spontaneous recovery
• observational learning

Parents say, “I’m taking away your phone because you failed Chemistry.”  Parents are using           

• positive punishment
• negative punishment
• positive reinforcement
• classical conditioning

Many psychologists refer to Albert Bandura’s Bobo Doll experiment to illustrate how

• teens conform to fashion fads
• introverted personalities succeed in high school
• exposure to violent TV and games cause violent behavior
• abused women justify staying with their husbands

Your teenaged daughter has not cleaned her room in a month. You go in and begin yelling at her to clean her room. She begins to clean up, and you stop yelling. Your daughter's cleaning behavior can be viewed as responding to

• classical conditioning
• positive reinforcement
• punishers
• negative reinforcement

Marie works in a dress factory where she earns $10 for each three dresses she hems. Marie is paid on a

• variable ratio
• fixed interval
• fixed ratio
• variable interval

Charlie gets paid on the 15th of every month.  He is reinforced on a ___ schedule

• fixed ratio
• fixed interval
• variable interval
• variable ratio

Slot machines work on a _____ reinforcement schedule

• fixed ratio
• variable ratio
• variable interval
• fixed interval

You could receive a text message at any random time.  You are reinforced on a ______schedule of reinforcement

• fixed ratio
• variable ratio
• variable interval
• fixed interval