chapter 6 Flashcards
(10 cards)
During the experiment with little Albert, Albert learned to fear rats when researchers used classical conditioning and presented a
loud sound as the unconditioned stimulus
Yng watched her brother pray before eating and heard their mother praise him for praying. Thus, yang has learned to pray before eating a meal. yang’s praying is most likely a result of
Vicarious conditioning
Professor Meany is known for his difficult quizzes, which automatically make the students anxious. immediately before each quiz, he always turns off the projector. Students soon notice that they start to feel anxious when professor Meany turns off the projector. in terms of classical conditioning professor Meany turning off the projector is
Conditioned stimulus
Steve is serving a 10 year prison sentence when he is informed by his parole board that he is getting out of jail early for good behavior. If the early release has the effect of increasing Steve’s good behavior in the future, then decreases of time in prison is an example of
Negative reinforcement
reinforment that comes after a variable amount is called a
variable interval
last year, Martina was in love with Robert, but they broke up a few months ago. Today in the mall, Martina smells someone wearing the same cologne that Robert always wore. She immediately filled with positive feelings, which is most likely due to
Spontaneous recovery
whenever two-year old Abby uses the toilet, her mom puts a sticker on a chart. When the sticker chart is full, Abby is allowd to pick out a toy from the store. using the sticker as a secondaery reinforcer means that this is a type of
token economy
When Serita first moved into her dorm room, she would get distracted by other students chatting in the hall outside her room. After two months of repeated exposure. she no longer gets distracted. serits learned through
habituation
Jack uses classical conditioning to teach his dog Luna to sit whenever Jack says Sit. But now anything Jack says that is similar to sit cause Luna to show a conditioned response to sitting. this is most likely a result of
stimulus generalization
Sylvia tells her roommate that negative reinforcement and negative punishment are similar because they.
remove a stimulus
