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Why are primary reinforcers effective?


A) because we want approval for our actions
B) because they increase the frequency of a response
C) because they satisfy biological needs for survival
D) because they are a learned reaction to a previously neutral stimulus

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In operant conditioning, a response will eventually disappear if reinforcement is withheld. What is this procedure called?


A) satiation
B) fading
C) inhibition
D) operant extinction

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Taste aversions are acquired through __________.

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To test for the presence of classical conditioning, which of the following would you omit?


A) the conditioned stimulus (CS)
B) the unconditioned stimulus (US)
C) the conditioned response (CR)
D) the unconditioned response (UR)

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Philip is reinforced with a $10 bill every time he presses a lever. Which of the following does this example illustrate?


A) the partial reinforcement effect
B) fixed-interval reinforcement
C) continuous reinforcement
D) variable-interval reinforcement

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In classical conditioning, what is the most important aspect to consider in how we learn?


A) antecedents
B) consequences
C) rewards
D) punishers

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Which of the following statements applies to punishment?


A) punishment increases responses
B) punishment extinguishes unwanted behaviour
C) punishment is better than reinforcement for response acquisition
D) punishment is the same as negative reinforcement

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Describe the role of feedback in skill learning.

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If a subject in a study makes a connection between a stimulus and a consequence, what are the researchers most likely studying?


A) classical conditioning
B) operant conditioning
C) observational learning
D) respondent conditioning

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What does the cognitive perspective in learning theory emphasize?


A) the role played by mental processes in learning
B) the study of human behaviour rather than animal behaviour
C) the relationship between observable behaviours and environmental effects
D) the study of the environment's impact on learning

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In classical conditioning, what is the best way to describe the conditioned response?


A) the conditioned response (CR) is unlearned
B) the conditioned response (CR) is learned
C) the conditioned response (CR) is reflexive
D) the conditioned response (CR) is innate

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In classical conditioning, to respond differently to different stimuli is to do which of the following?


A) to assimilate
B) to accommodate
C) to adapt
D) to discriminate

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From explanations offered by Albert Bandura's Bo-Bo doll study, we discovered that a problem with viewing television violence is that it may lead children to be more aggressive. How does this happen?


A) by increasing children's frustration levels
B) through positive transfer
C) through negative transfer
D) through observational learning

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What do we call events that occur just before a response?


A) precursors
B) consequences
C) antecedents
D) prologues

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What do we call the unexpected reappearance of old associations after extinction has occurred?


A) generalization
B) spontaneous recovery
C) shaping
D) latent learning

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For those who advocate the informational view of conditioning, what is the end product (result) of conditioning?


A) visual adaptations
B) discriminative cues
C) response chains
D) expectations about events

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What does the Premack principle state?


A) Primary reinforcers are the best rewards.
B) Secondary reinforcers are the best rewards.
C) Things you do frequently can act as rewards.
D) Duplicating a response depends on whether the learner can reproduce the behaviour.

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Sometime after a horse knocked him down at summer camp, Arnold overcame this fear and he went horseback riding regularly until camp ended. On the first day of camp the following summer, while being helped onto a horse, he started to cry and said he was scared. Why?


A) generalization
B) discrimination
C) spontaneous recovery
D) extinction

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A father is "potty training" his son, Kenneth. First, he allows Kenneth to become acclimated to his pot, then Kenneth gets reinforced for sitting on the pot, and finally he gets a reinforcer only if he does something on the pot. Which procedure is the father using?


A) negative reinforcement
B) intermittent conditioning
C) generalization
D) shaping

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Katherine is a telemarketer who receives $6 for every ten calls she makes. Which type of reinforcement schedule does this example illustrate?


A) a fixed-interval reinforcement schedule
B) a fixed-ratio reinforcement schedule
C) a variable-ratio reinforcement schedule
D) a variable-interval reinforcement schedule

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