HUGE Psych II Learning Review

People who watch a lot of violence on television are more likely to be violent in part because of

• observational learning.

• classical conditioning.

• negative reinforcement.

• systematic desensitization.

Which of the following is an example of vicarious reinforcement?

• rewarding yourself when you succeed in changing your behavior

• learning that a behavior is encouraged by watching others

• shielding children from media violence

• using time-out to discourage misbehavior

Which of the following is an example of observational learning?

• Shaping and chaining

• programmed learning

• modeling

• previewing

Which of the following is a term for learning that remains hidden until needed?

• modeling

• latent learning

• cognitive learning

• observational learning

Which of the following reinforcement schedules would be the most effective?

• Continuous Reinforcement

• Fixed-interval

• fixed-ratio

• variable-ratio

Which of the following best describes when a variable-interval schedule provides reinforcement?

• Every time an action occurs

• After a set amount of time

• at an unpredictable time

• after an action has occurred five times

Which of the following is an example of negative reinforcement?

• A person who is hungry will work for food

• Someone who becomes too warm in the sun moves into the shade

• Children Receive points for earning good grades that can be exchanged for snacks

• Star athletes who do not achieve that required grades are removed from the team.

Which of the following would be considered a secondary reinforcer?

• Money

• Food

• Water

• All of the above

Primary and secondary reinforcers are important in which of the following?

• Operant Conditioning

• Classical Conditioning

• Taste Aversion

• Discrimination

What is the process by which a stimulus increases the chances of a preceding behavior occurring again?

• extinction

• flooding

• reinforcement

• systematic desensitization