Unit VI: Learning

What is an unconditioned response (UR)?

• any event or situation that evoke a response

• a stimulus that can eventually trigger a conditioned response

• an unlearned, naturally occuring repsonse to an uncondintioned stimulus (US

• a learned response to a previously neutral stimulus

What is an unconditioned stimulus (US)?

• a stimulus that can eventually trigger a conditioned response

• behavior that operates on the envorinment, producing consequences

• a stimulus that leads to an automatic response

• any event or situation that evoke a response

What is an conditioned response (CR)?

• an unlearned, naturally occuring repsonse to an uncondintioned stimulus (US)

• decreasing responsiveness with repeated exposure to a stimulus

• any event or situation that evoke a response

• a learned response to a previously neutral stimulus

What is an conditioned stimulus (CS)?

• behavior that operates on the envorinment, producing consequences

• a stimulus that leads to an automatic response

• behavior that occurs as an automatic response to some stimulus

• a stimulus that leads to an automatic response

What is habituation?

• any event or situation that evoke a response

• a stimulus that can eventually trigger a conditioned response

• decreasing responsiveness with repeated exposure to a stimulus

• an unlearned, naturally occuring repsonse to an uncondintioned stimulus (US)

What is a stimulus?

• a learned response to a previously neutral stimulus

• any event or situation that evoke a response

• a stimulus that can eventually trigger a conditioned response

• behavior that operates on the envorinment, producing consequences

What is a respondent bahavior?

• any event or situation that evoke a response

• a stimulus that can eventually trigger a conditioned response

• a stimulus that leads to an automatic response

• behavior that occurs as an automatic response to some stimulus

What is a operant bahavior?

• behavior that operates on the envorinment, producing consequences

• a learned response to a previously neutral stimulus

• a stimulus that leads to an automatic response

• a learned response to a previously neutral stimulus

Which of the following most accurately describes an impact of punishment?

• Punishment should never be used (in the opinion of most psychologists), because the damage it causes can never be repaired.

• Punishment may create problems in the short term but rarely produces long-term side effects.

• Punishment typically results in an increase of a behavior caused by the removal of an aversive stimulus.

• Punishment can be effective at stopping specific behaviors quickly.

• Punishment is a good way to increase a behavior, as long as it is not used too frequently.

Which of the following is an application of shaping?

• A rat gradually stops pressing a bar when it no longer receives a food reinforcement.

• A mother who wants her daughter to hit a baseball first praises her for holding a bat, then for swinging it, and then for hitting the ball.

• A gambler continues to play a slot machine, even though he has won nothing on his last 20 plays, and he has lost a significant amount of money.

• A rat presses a bar when a green light is on but not when a red light is on.

• A pigeon pecks a disk 25 times for an opportunity to receive a food reinforcement.