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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

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

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Jane was ridiculed at school for wearing a particular style of shirt. Now, she no longer wears that style of shirt to school. Being ridiculed is an example of ​

A) negative reinforcement.
B) positive reinforcement.
C) punishment.
D) modeling.

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

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The type of learning in which voluntary responses come to be controlled by their consequences is ​

Tessa really likes to mow the lawn during the summer months, but her parents will only let her mow the lawn if all the dishes are washed. Consequently, every Saturday, Tessa has the table cleared and all of the dishes washed as soon as everyone has finished breakfast. In this case, ​

In operant conditioning, _____ are events that typically precede the target response.

_____ stimuli are cues that influence operant behavior by indicating the probable consequences (reinforcement or nonreinforcement) of a response.

Immediately after being reinforced, a rat on which of the following schedules of reinforcement would show the LONGEST pause before its next response?

April wants to teach her cat not to claw at the arms of her couch. She will be MOST successful in reducing the cat's scratching behavior if she uses

When a response is strengthened because it is followed by the removal of an aversive stimulus, it is called

Imagine a husband and wife asking Bandura for advice on how they should teach their young child to say "please" and "thank you." Which of the following would Bandura be MOST likely to suggest? ​

Negative reinforcement _____ the rate of a response; punishment _____ the rate of a response. ​

While Pavlov and Skinner viewed conditioning as a purely _____ process, learning psychologists today view conditioning as also containing a(n) _____ component. ​

If a dog salivates to a blue light and not to a yellow light, the dog is showing evidence of ​

Pavlov found that meat powder placed on a dog's tongue will make the dog salivate. In Pavlov's terms, the meat powder is a(n)

The reappearance of a conditioned response after extinction and a period of rest is called ​

Every time Brianna does the dishes, her parents give her a dollar. Which of the following types of reinforcement are Brianna's parents using?

Food is an example of a ____; praise is an example of a ____.

Bart developed a fear of flying when he was piloting a small plane through some severe turbulence. He has been seeing a therapist, and it appears that his fear response has been successfully extinguished. The therapist used a flight simulator to help Bart practice his piloting skills in a safe setting. However, the first time Bart stepped back into a real plane, his fear returned. This example illustrates the phenomenon known as

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 a(n)

A cue light comes on in a dog's shuttle box prompting the dog to jump the hurdle to the other side before a shock is administered. Which of the following procedures is being used?