Psych Learning Review

If Jamie does not pick up his toys when asked, he is sent to his room for 15 minutes. This is called

• modeling.

• classical conditioning.

• punishment.

• chaining.

How is a conditioned stimulus similar to an unconditioned stimulus?

• Both must be learned.

• Both elicit a response.

• Both are natural responses that occur automatically.

• Neither one elicits a response.

Carlos has watched his father wash and dry clothes many times but has never done it. One afternoon, the clothes he wants to wear to a dance are dirty and his father is at work, so he watches the clothes himself. Carlos' behavior is an example of

• behavior modification.

• disinhibition.

• avoidance conditioning.

• latent learning.

Mimi insists that she simply does not have the ability to understand chemistry. What element of learned helplessness is she exhibiting?

• latency

• externality

• shaping

• stability

Petra has learned that if she jumps up and down in her crib, her father will come and pick her up. This is an example of

• chaining.

• operant conditioning.

• avoidance conditioning.

• classical conditioning.

One puts on knee pads to keep from injuring one's knees while skateboarding. What kind of reinforcement is this?

• secondary

• negative

• positive

• fixed ratio

A mother yells "No!" whenever her baby crawls towards the stairs. Soon the child is afraid of the stairs. What is the child's fear of the stairs an example of?

• an unconditioned response

• a conditioned response

• an unconditioned stimulus

• a conditioned stimulus

A partial schedule of reinforcement ________ the likelihood that the desired responses will be more stable and long-lasting.

• does not change

• increases

• decreases

• negates

A prison works to modify inmates' behavior by giving out "chips" for good behavior. These chips can be redeemed for snacks and special privileges. What is this?

• disinhibition

• mimicry

• a token economy

• cognitive mapping

In classical conditioning, the best results occur when the conditioned stimulus is presented

• with the unconditioned stimulus.

• alone.

• just before the unconditioned response.

• after the unconditioned response.