Unit 4: Learning (Fall 2022)

Which key researcher contributed to taste aversion through his experiments with rats?

• BF Skinner

• Edward Tolman

• John B Garcia

• Robert Rescorla

A slot machine rewards the player with coins after they try an unpredictable amount of times. This is an example of a..

• fixed-interval schedule

• variable-interval schedule

• fixed-ratio schedule

• variable-ratio schedule

After helping clean the dinner table, a child is rewarded with ice cream. This is an example of…

• positive reinforcement

• negative reinforcement

• positive punishment

• negative punishment

The student is very confident in her work and thinks she got a good grade on her presentation. Her perception is of…

• learned helplessness

• internal locus of control

• external locus of control

• positive reinforcement

An original neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response is known as a...

• unconditioned stimulus

• neutral stimulus

• conditioned response

• conditioned stimulus

What is the tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses?

• Application

• Stimulus Generalization

• Stimulus Discrimination

• Extinction

During his experiments with dogs, the unconditioned response in Pavlov's experiment was...

• no salivation

• a ringing tone

• salivation

• having food in the dog's mouth

A lion in a circus learns to stand up on a chair and jump through a hoop to receive a food treat.

• classical conditioning

• operant conditioning

• observational learning

Ivan Pavlov has been credited with the initial discovery of

• operant conditioning.
• reinforcement
• classical conditioning.
• vicarious conditioning.

In a classic experiment, "Little Albert," a very young boy, was conditioned to be afraid of a rat. He also became fearful of white furry rabbits and bearded men. This is an example of

• classical conditioning.
• higher order conditioning.
• reinforcement.
• operant conditioning.