Question 1

When Beth goes with her Dad to the grocery store, she always asks him to buy chocolate ice cream. Approximately once a month he will purchase the ice cream. Beth's asking for chocolate ice cream is being reinforced on a ____ schedule.

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A)   variable ratio
B)   variable interval
C)   fixed interval
D)   fixed ratioE) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 2

The newest winning numbers in the state lottery are announced on the local television station every Saturday night, at the end of the news hour. People who are watching for the lottery numbers will have their "watching" reinforced on

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A)   a fixed-ratio schedule.
B)   a variable-ratio schedule.
C)   a variable-interval schedule.
D)   a fixed-interval schedule.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 3

When Lisa was a child, she was bitten by a German Shepard dog in her backyard. Which of the following stimuli is she most likely to demonstrate stimulus generalization to?

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A)   horses
B)   a white picket fence
C)   any dog
D)   the grassE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

Extinction of an operantly conditioned response occurs when the response

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A)   is followed by continuous reinforcement.
B)   is followed by intermittent reinforcement.
C)   is no longer associated with the CS.
D)   is no longer followed by reinforcement.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 5

Becky has an intense fear of dogs. Her fear dates back to when as a young child she was attacked and bitten by a stray dog. Her dog phobia developed as a result of

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A)   operant conditioning.
B)   classical conditioning.
C)   observational learning.
D)   negative reinforcement.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 6

You are watching a cumulative recorder that is connected to a small disk in a chamber. The pigeon has been trained to peck the disk when a red light is turned on, and not to peck the disk when a green light is turned on. Based on this information, you should observe that when the green light is turned on,

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A)   the slope of the line on the cumulative recorder will be steeper than when the red light is turned on.
B)   the pen on the cumulative recorder will start to move downward.
C)   the slope of the line on the cumulative recorder will be shallower than when the red light is turned on.
D)   the roll of paper in the cumulative recorder will stop moving.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

Skinner demonstrated that organisms tend to repeat responses that are followed by favorable consequences. Skinner termed these favorable consequences

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A)   unconditioned stimuli.
B)   rewards.
C)   reinforcements.
D)   bribes.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 8

Cassie asked her father for a candy bar at the grocery store, and her father bought her the candy bar. If Cassie asks for more candy bars in the future, the candy bar has acted as

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A)   a discriminative stimulus.
B)   a reinforcer.
C)   a conditioned response.
D)   a conditioned stimulus.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 9

In a cumulative record of responses from a Skinner box, a steep slope in the line indicates

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A)   poorly planned reinforcement contingencies.
B)   slow responding taking place.
C)   fast responding taking place.
D)   extinction has occurred.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 10

Danny's skill at hitting a baseball gradually improves as his attempts produce more frequent and longer-distance hits. This is an example of

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A)   shaping.
B)   stimulus generalization.
C)   extinction.
D)   stimulus discrimination.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 11

If you wanted to teach your pet parakeet to give you a kiss on the cheek, which technique would be most effective?

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A)   classical conditioning
B)   higher-order conditioning
C)   modeling
D)   shapingE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 12

A reinforcement is given for the first response after a variable time interval has elapsed in a(n)  ____ schedule.

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A)   FR
B)   FI
C)   VR
D)   VIE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

When you approach a traffic light and see a red light, you stop. On the other hand, when you approach that same light and see a green light, you continue driving. This example illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)   stimulus generalization.
B)   extinction.
C)   stimulus discrimination.
D)   spontaneous recovery.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 14

Darrel was dancing with his new girlfriend at an Elvis tribute. When the band started playing "Can't Help Falling in Love with You" his girlfriend gave him a long passionate kiss, which Darrel found very enjoyable. Now Darrel finds that every time he hears "Can't Help Falling in Love with You" on the radio, he becomes mildly excited. In this example, the long, passionate kiss is

Accepted Answer

A)   a conditioned stimulus.
B)   an unconditioned response.
C)   a conditioned response.
D)   an unconditioned stimulus.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 15

Chimps are trained to perform a variety of tasks to get coins. The coins could then be traded in for banana chips which could be eaten. The coins served as a

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A)   primary reinforcer.
B)   negative reinforcer.
C)   secondary reinforcer.
D)   partial reinforcer.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 16

Operant responses are typically established through a gradual process in which closer and closer approximations of the desired response are reinforced. This process is called

Accepted Answer

A)   modeling.
B)   shaping.
C)   discrimination.
D)   learning.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 17

When a researcher only reinforces a designated response some of the time, it is referred to as

Accepted Answer

A)   primary reinforcement.
B)   secondary reinforcement.
C)   continuous reinforcement.
D)   intermittent reinforcement.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

The major difference between a CS and a US is

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A)   the order in which they are presented.
B)   that one reliably elicits the response of interest prior to conditioning while the other does not.
C)   that during conditioning the response to one increases while the response to the other decreases.
D)   the strength of the response that each stimulus elicits.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 19

Anthony classically conditioned his cat to purr whenever the phone rang. One day, the phone rang for nearly two hours straight when Anthony wasn't home, and the cat's conditioned purring response underwent extinction. Today, the response has spontaneously recovered, but if the conditioned purring response were to undergo extinction again Anthony should expect that it will

Accepted Answer

A)   take less time to extinguish than it took for the original extinction.
B)   take more time to extinguish than it took for the original extinction.
C)   take the same amount of time to extinguish as it took for the original extinction.
D)   be impossible to extinguish the response now that spontaneous recovery has occurred.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 20

A type of learning in which a stimulus acquires the capacity to evoke a response that was originally evoked by another stimulus is known as

Accepted Answer

A)   state-dependent learning.
B)   classical conditioning.
C)   operant conditioning.
D)   observational conditioning.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Exam 11: Learning Part 1

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When you approach a traffic light and see a red light, you stop. On the other hand, when you approach that same light and see a green light, you continue driving. This example illustrates

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Chimps are trained to perform a variety of tasks to get coins. The coins could then be traded in for banana chips which could be eaten. The coins served as a

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Becky has an intense fear of dogs. Her fear dates back to when as a young child she was attacked and bitten by a stray dog. Her dog phobia developed as a result of

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A type of learning in which a stimulus acquires the capacity to evoke a response that was originally evoked by another stimulus is known as

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Cassie asked her father for a candy bar at the grocery store, and her father bought her the candy bar. If Cassie asks for more candy bars in the future, the candy bar has acted as

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When Lisa was a child, she was bitten by a German Shepard dog in her backyard. Which of the following stimuli is she most likely to demonstrate stimulus generalization to?

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Skinner demonstrated that organisms tend to repeat responses that are followed by favorable consequences. Skinner termed these favorable consequences

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If you wanted to teach your pet parakeet to give you a kiss on the cheek, which technique would be most effective?

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Extinction of an operantly conditioned response occurs when the response

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The major difference between a CS and a US is

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A reinforcement is given for the first response after a variable time interval has elapsed in a(n) ____ schedule.

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Operant responses are typically established through a gradual process in which closer and closer approximations of the desired response are reinforced. This process is called

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When Beth goes with her Dad to the grocery store, she always asks him to buy chocolate ice cream. Approximately once a month he will purchase the ice cream. Beth's asking for chocolate ice cream is being reinforced on a ____ schedule.

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When a researcher only reinforces a designated response some of the time, it is referred to as

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Danny's skill at hitting a baseball gradually improves as his attempts produce more frequent and longer-distance hits. This is an example of

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In a cumulative record of responses from a Skinner box, a steep slope in the line indicates

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The newest winning numbers in the state lottery are announced on the local television station every Saturday night, at the end of the news hour. People who are watching for the lottery numbers will have their "watching" reinforced on

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Exam 11: Learning Part 1

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When you approach a traffic light and see a red light, you stop. On the other hand, when you approach that same light and see a green light, you continue driving. This example illustrates

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