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A relatively durable change in behaviour or knowledge that is due to experience defines


A) development.
B) classical conditioning.
C) learning.
D) operant conditioning.

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

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Julie has a desk right next to her manager's office.Whenever her manager is in his office, Julie makes sure that she works hard at her computer.However, if the manager is away from his office she often works much more slowly and takes more breaks.In this case, the manager being in his office is acting as


A) a positive reinforcer for working hard.
B) a negative reinforcer for working hard.
C) a discriminative stimulus for working hard.
D) an unconditioned stimulus for working hard.

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

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A relatively durable change in behaviour or knowledge that is due to experience is defined as


A) mediation.
B) maturation.
C) learning.
D) conditioning.

E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

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In a variable-ratio schedule, the reinforcer is given


A) after a fixed number of nonreinforced responses.
B) after a variable number of nonreinforced responses.
C) for the first response that occurs after a fixed amount of time has elapsed.
D) for the first response that occurs after a variable amount of time has elapsed.

E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

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Describe how negative reinforcement differs from punishment.

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In the Little Albert experiment on conditioned emotional responses, stimulus generalisation was shown when Albert showed the fear response to


A) the rabbit.
B) the rat.
C) the loud noise.
D) his mother.

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

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A three-year-old boy observes his father yelling at his mother every time she says something the father doesn't like.Based on principles of observational learning, in the future whenever the mother says something to the boy that he does not like, the boy is MOST likely to do which of the following?


A) yell at his mother
B) yell at his sister
C) go and tell his father what the mother said
D) yell at his father

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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In classical conditioning, the stimulus that naturally evokes an unlearned response is the


A) conditioned stimulus.
B) unconditioned stimulus.
C) unconditioned reinforcer.
D) conditioned reinforcer.

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

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


A) unconditioned stimuli.
B) rewards.
C) reinforcers.
D) bribes.

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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Observational learning occurs when an organism's responding is influenced by the observation of others, who are called ____________________.

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What is extinction? How does it differ from forgetting?

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Holly was dancing with her new boyfriend at an Elvis tribute.When the band started playing Can't Help Falling in Love with You, her boyfriend gave her a long, passionate kiss, which Holly found very enjoyable.Now Holly finds that every time she hears Can't Help Falling in Love with You on the radio, she becomes a little flushed.In this example, the conditioned stimulus is


A) the long, passionate kiss.
B) the song, Can't Help Falling in Love with You.
C) the enjoyment she experienced after the kiss from her boyfriend.
D) the flushing she experiences when she hears the song on the radio.

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

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While out trick-or-treating for Halloween, at first Billy's neighbours had to remind him to say "trick or treat" before they dropped their treats into his bag.As he continued to visit houses in the neighbourhood, soon Billy would say "trick or treat" as soon as the neighbours answered the door.The treats he received were the ____ for his saying "trick or treat".


A) conditioned stimulus
B) reinforcement
C) reward
D) discriminative stimulus

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

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The continued presentation of the CS without the US will result in the gradual disappearance of the CR.This phenomenon is known as


A) extinction.
B) inhibition.
C) suppression.
D) conditioned forgetting.

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

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Ken used to drool at the smell of peanut butter cookies as they baked, and he couldn't wait to sink his teeth into that first cookie.However, Ken's new roommate makes terrible peanut butter cookies, and the smell of them baking is no longer associated with a wonderful taste experience.Consequently, Ken finds that the smell of the cookies no longer makes him drool in anticipation.This illustrates the classical conditioning process known as


A) spontaneous recovery.
B) second-order conditioning.
C) extinction.
D) avoidance.

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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In order to weaken or eliminate a conditioned response, you would present


A) the US before the CS several times.
B) the CS alone several times.
C) the US alone several times.
D) extra pairings of the CS and US.

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Businesses often provide good meals and pleasant surroundings when initially meeting with new clients.In these situations, clients may develop positive feelings toward their business host and the company he or she represents.If this occurs, then the pleasant surroundings have functioned as


A) a conditioned stimulus.
B) a discriminative stimulus.
C) secondary reinforcers.
D) an unconditioned stimulus.

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

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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


A) primary reinforcer.
B) negative reinforcer.
C) secondary reinforcer.
D) partial reinforcer.

E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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


A) the rabbit.
B) the rat.
C) the loud noise.
D) the fear reaction.

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

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


A) discriminative stimulus.
B) reinforcer.
C) conditioned response.
D) conditioned stimulus.

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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