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Question 61

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The behavior that would be most difficult to extinguish would be one that was

A) reinforced every time it occurred.
B) shaped.
C) reinforced intermittently.
D) reinforced by your parents.

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Question 62

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Dillon is four years old, and his parents want to teach him to say "please" and "thank you." They will be most successful in altering Dillon's behavior if they use

A) classical conditioning
B) higher-order conditioning
C) non-contingent reinforcement
D) operant conditioning

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Question 63

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A compensatory conditioned response is one that

Which of the following is NOT included in the definition of learning?

The key dependent variable measured in operant conditioning studies is

When a researcher does not reinforce every correct response that an organism makes, it is referred to as

A pigeon learns to peck at a disk lighted green to receive reinforcement, but not at a disk lighted red. This means that, for the pigeon, the color of the disk is a

You are watching a rat pressing a lever in a Skinner box to obtain food pellets. The rat is pressing the lever at a slow, steady rate, but it does not stop, even when a food pellet is delivered. In this example, the reinforcement schedule that is in place is MOST likely

While new responses are more easily established with ____ reinforcement, responses maintained with ____ reinforcement are more resistant to extinction.

Belinda was very close to her father, she claims that he always made her feel safe. Belinda's father always wore "Stetson" cologne. Today every time she smells the scent of "Stetson" cologne she develops a pleasant feeling of warmth and comfort. The learning process that could best account for Belinda's pleasant feelings is

Classical conditioning is a type of learning in which

In the Little Albert experiment on conditioned emotional responses, the unconditioned stimulus was

On Tuesday morning, Chloe prepared her typical breakfast of corn flakes with milk and a cup of coffee. However, instead of having grapefruit with her breakfast, she tried eating guava for the first time. Later she became extremely ill. If her illness causes her to develop a conditioned response to one of her breakfast items, the conditioned response will MOST likely be to

If a classically conditioned response undergoes extinction in an environment which is different from the one in which the response was acquired, the extinguished response will often reappear if the individual is returned to the original environment where acquisition took place. This phenomenon is called

Compensatory CRs are

At preschool, Jessi has learned that she must wash her hands before snack-time in order to get a snack. At home, however, her parents do not check to make sure she washes her hands. When she is home, Jessi does not wash her hands before eating. Jessi's behavior illustrates the process of

The technique used to teach animals complex tricks, such as teaching pigeons to play ping-pong, is

Relative to extinction following continuous reinforcement, extinction following intermittent reinforcement

In Watson's famous "Little Albert" experiment, Albert was classically conditioned to

Reinforcers that are inherently reinforcing because they satisfy biological needs are called