Question 1

The proverb "He who hath been bitten by a snake fears a rope" illustrates:

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A)  an intrinsic reinforcer.
B)  higher-order conditioning.
C)  stimulus generalization.
D)  spontaneous recovery.

Question 2

B.F.Skinner was a cold-blooded individual who raised his daughter,Deborah,in an "Air-Crib" without benefit of cuddling and holding.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Reinforcing successive approximations of a desired behaviour is a procedure called:

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A)  higher-order conditioning.
B)  chaining.
C)  shaping.
D)  training.

Question 4

Intrinsic reinforcers are defined as reinforcers that:

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A)  lead people to interpret the activity as work.
B)  bribe a person to engage in a particular task.
C)  are inherently related to the activity being reinforced.
D)  provide a person with prizes or praise.

Question 5

Research on reinforcers shows that:

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A)  money is a powerful primary reinforcer.
B)  secondary reinforcers are less effective than primary reinforcers in controlling behaviour.
C)  a primary reinforcer may be ineffective if the person is not in a deprived state.
D)  a comfortable air temperature would be an example of a secondary reinforcer.

Question 6

"That is my opinion and nothing you say is going to change it!" In Chapter 1,What Is Psychology? one of the critical thinking guidelines that we learned about was "Examine the Evidence." Is your opinion supported by evidence? How reliable is this evidence? Did the evidence come from a reliable source? In Chapter 7,Learning and Conditioning,we read that many people assume that fines,long prison terms,yelling,and spanking are good ways to get rid of undesirable behaviours.What does the evidence show? What six drawbacks often lead punishment to fail?

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Question 7

When a stimulus similar to the conditioned stimulus fails to evoke the conditioned response,then stimulus generalization has occurred.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following is a primary reinforcer?

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A)  food
B)  money
C)  attention
D)  gold stars

Question 9

When Pavlov placed meat powder or other food in the mouths of canine subjects,they began to salivate.The salivation was a/an:

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

Question 10

Aversion to taste may occur after only one pairing of the food with illness.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Social-cognitive learning theory is the school of psychology that accounts for behaviour in terms of observable acts and events,without references to mental events.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT true?

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A)  Skinner invented an Air-Crib for his daughter.
B)  Skinner won the Humanitarian of the Year Award in 1972.
C)  Skinner insisted that free will is an illusion.
D)  Skinner denied the existence of human consciousness.

Question 13

John Watson and Rosalie Rayner were able to extinguish Little Albert's fear in four sessions by using classical conditioning techniques.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

What does S-R stand for?

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A)  salivation-response
B)  stimulus-response
C)  social responsiveness
D)  society-responsibility

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT a situation that can be explained by classical conditioning?

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A)  development of food preferences
B)  development of phobias
C)  innate food preferences
D)  advertising

Question 16

Match the examples with the appropriate type of reinforcement or punishment.
-Harry left the kitchen in a mess after baking a cake,so his mother told him he could not go out with his friends that evening.

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

Question 17

Having one's hair lightly stroked would be a secondary reinforcer.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

For Skinner,reinforcers are defined:

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A)  in terms of their actual effects on changing the probability of a response.
B)  differently,depending on the definition given the individual researcher.
C)  on the basis of physiological changes within the organism.
D)  on the basis of whether the experimenter thinks they will have an effect on changing response probability.

Question 19

In classical conditioning,the US-UR connection is ________ and the CS-CR connection is ________.

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A)  automatic; instinctual
B)  automatic; learned
C)  learned; automatic
D)  reflexive; automatic

Question 20

Patients may generalize the nausea caused by chemotherapy to the place where the therapy takes place.When this occurs,the unconditioned stimulus is:

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A)  the place where therapy takes place.
B)  the sound of the nurse's voice.
C)  chemotherapy.
D)  nausea.

Exam 7: Learning and Conditioning

What does S-R stand for?

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B.F.Skinner was a cold-blooded individual who raised his daughter,Deborah,in an "Air-Crib" without benefit of cuddling and holding.

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Which of the following is NOT a situation that can be explained by classical conditioning?

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Social-cognitive learning theory is the school of psychology that accounts for behaviour in terms of observable acts and events,without references to mental events.

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Reinforcing successive approximations of a desired behaviour is a procedure called:

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When Pavlov placed meat powder or other food in the mouths of canine subjects,they began to salivate.The salivation was a/an:

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Match the examples with the appropriate type of reinforcement or punishment. -Harry left the kitchen in a mess after baking a cake,so his mother told him he could not go out with his friends that evening.

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Patients may generalize the nausea caused by chemotherapy to the place where the therapy takes place.When this occurs,the unconditioned stimulus is:

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For Skinner,reinforcers are defined:

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In classical conditioning,the US-UR connection is and the CS-CR connection is .

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Which of the following is a primary reinforcer?

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The proverb "He who hath been bitten by a snake fears a rope" illustrates:

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John Watson and Rosalie Rayner were able to extinguish Little Albert's fear in four sessions by using classical conditioning techniques.

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Aversion to taste may occur after only one pairing of the food with illness.

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Research on reinforcers shows that:

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Intrinsic reinforcers are defined as reinforcers that:

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Having one's hair lightly stroked would be a secondary reinforcer.

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When a stimulus similar to the conditioned stimulus fails to evoke the conditioned response,then stimulus generalization has occurred.

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Which of the following is NOT true?

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Which of the following is NOT a situation that can be explained by classical conditioning?

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Social-cognitive learning theory is the school of psychology that accounts for behaviour in terms of observable acts and events,without references to mental events.

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Reinforcing successive approximations of a desired behaviour is a procedure called:

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When Pavlov placed meat powder or other food in the mouths of canine subjects,they began to salivate.The salivation was a/an:

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Match the examples with the appropriate type of reinforcement or punishment. -Harry left the kitchen in a mess after baking a cake,so his mother told him he could not go out with his friends that evening.

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Patients may generalize the nausea caused by chemotherapy to the place where the therapy takes place.When this occurs,the unconditioned stimulus is:

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For Skinner,reinforcers are defined:

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In classical conditioning,the US-UR connection is ________ and the CS-CR connection is ________.

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Which of the following is a primary reinforcer?

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The proverb "He who hath been bitten by a snake fears a rope" illustrates:

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John Watson and Rosalie Rayner were able to extinguish Little Albert's fear in four sessions by using classical conditioning techniques.

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Aversion to taste may occur after only one pairing of the food with illness.

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Research on reinforcers shows that:

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Intrinsic reinforcers are defined as reinforcers that:

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Having one's hair lightly stroked would be a secondary reinforcer.

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When a stimulus similar to the conditioned stimulus fails to evoke the conditioned response,then stimulus generalization has occurred.

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