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Skinner was to rats as Thorndike was to ________.


A) cats
B) rabbits
C) dogs
D) pigeons

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

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You have a class in which you have a quiz every Friday. Your studying for quizzes is reinforced on what type of schedule?


A) fixed ratio
B) fixed interval
C) variable ratio
D) variable interval

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

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If a dog salivates when it sees a green light or a yellow light, it is exhibiting ________.


A) generalization
B) discrimination
C) higher-order conditioning
D) extinction

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

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________ is any relatively permanent change in behavior brought about by experience or practice.


A) Learning
B) Adaptation
C) Memory enhancement
D) Muscle memory

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

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An expert on parenting is addressing parents at the local grade school. When the topic of punishment is discussed, what is one outcome of punishment the expert is likely to note for the parents to consider?


A) Punishment can also lead to the child acting aggressively.
B) Punished children tend to do really well in school.
C) Punishment motivates the child to focus on schoolwork.
D) Punishment tends to increase the number of nightmares experienced.

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

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A person is connected to an electroencephalograph, a machine that records the brain's electrical activity. The person is reinforced when his or her pattern of brain waves changes in order to treat a disorder such as epilepsy. This technique is BEST called ________.


A) biofeedback
B) behavior modification
C) operant conditioning
D) neurofeedback

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

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Last month, Walter became sick after eating two chili dogs, so he no longer likes chili dogs. Walter has experienced ________.


A) blocking
B) conditioned taste-aversion
C) operant taste conditioning
D) noncontingent conditioning

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

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We associate the name of ________ most closely with classical conditioning.


A) B. F. Skinner
B) Robert Rescorla
C) Albert Bandura
D) Ivan Pavlov

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

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On a variable-interval schedule, reinforcement is given ________.


A) for the first correct response after a specific amount of time has passed
B) for correct responses after randomly varying amounts of time have passed
C) after a specific number of responses are given
D) after a randomly varying number of responses are given

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

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When a stimulus is taken away from a person or animal resulting in a decrease in the probability of response, it is known as ________.


A) punishment by application
B) punishment by removal
C) negative reinforcement
D) punishing reinforcement

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

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Olivia is punished for spilling her cereal. Her parents give her a spanking and send her to her room where she cries. Later, her puppy makes a mess on the floor. Olivia kicks her puppy and puts it out in the yard where it whines sadly. Which of the following statements explains her behavior toward the puppy?


A) Olivia is
B) Olivia is using negative punishment on her dog and it will change the dog's behavior.
C) Olivia is modeling the aggressive behavior her parents demonstrated to her.
D) Olivia's parents probably think that the best way to raise kids is "spare the rod, spoil the child."

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

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A discriminative stimulus is a stimulus that ________.


A) provides the organism with a cue for making a certain response in order to obtain reinforcement
B) leads a person to discriminate against one group of people based on ethnicity or race
C) cues the person into which schedule of reinforcement is being used in operant conditioning
D) Watson used to make Little Albert scared of all fuzzy things

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

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Changes controlled by a genetic blueprint, such as an increase in height or the size of the brain, are examples of ________.


A) maturation
B) learning
C) habituation
D) growth cycles

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

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Which of the following statements about classical conditioning is true?


A) Most classical conditioning requires repeated trials.
B) One trial is usually enough for conditioning to occur.
C) Learning will continue to increase indefinitely.
D) Learning is more effective if trials follow each other very quickly.

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

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By pairing the ringing of a bell with the presentation of meat, Pavlov trained dogs to salivate to the sound of a bell even when no meat was presented. In this experiment, salivation to the meat was the ________.


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

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

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Learning that occurs but is not immediately reflected in a behavior change is called ________.


A) vicarious learning
B) innate learning
C) latent learning
D) insight

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

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The current view of why classical conditioning works the way it does, advanced by Rescorla and others, adds the concept of ________ to conditioning theory.


A) generalization
B) habituation
C) memory loss
D) expectancy

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

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Harmony notices that her cat salivates as soon as it hears the sound of Harmony opening a can with an electric can opener. In this example, the ________ is the conditioned stimulus.


A) can of cat food
B) sound of the electric can opener
C) dish that Harmony puts the food in
D) cat scurrying into the kitchen

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

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Bandura conducted a classic study known as the "Bobo" doll study. The term Bobo refers to ________.


A) Bandura's pet name for the dog used in the study
B) Bandura's loyal but strange assistant that carried out the study
C) Bandura's nickname that his wife had given him
D) the type of inflatable doll that was used in the study

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

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Veronica has a very generous boss who occasionally brings in gift cards for his workers. He does this for no particular reason; it is just a nice way to keep people motivated. Veronica never knows when she is going to get a special bonus from her boss. Veronica's boss is reinforcing his workers according to a ________ schedule.


A) fixed interval
B) fixed ratio
C) variable ratio
D) variable interval

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

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