Unit6 psych

Pavlov's experiments with dogs yielded information about:

• operant conditioning

• counterconditioning

• classical conditioning

• latent learning

In what way does classical conditioning help animals and people

• to adapt to their environment

• to learn complex tasks

• to learn by watching others

• modify their behavior

Which is an example of negative reinforcement?

• a person hungry will work for food

• someone to warm in the sun will move into the shade

• children receiving points for earning good grades that can be exchanged for prizes

• star athletes who do not achieve required grades are removed from the team

Mental picture means

• preview

• modeling

• cognitive map

Which is the most effective reinforcement schedule

• continuous

• fixed interval

• fixed ratio

• variable ratio

flooding is a method of behavior modification that uses a technique of relaxation by exposing them to their object of fear

• true

• falso

Stimulus that encourages behavior by meeting an organism's basic needs

• conditioning

• stimulus

• response

• primary reinforcer

Action in which an organism displays responses that were extinguished earlier

• observational learning

• spontaneous recovery

• generalization

• chaining

Trying to learn something all at once

• chaining

• conditioning

• shaping

• massed learning

Interval and ratio schedules are examples of this

• partial reinforcement

• massed learning

• fixed reinforcement

• continuous