sherrill general psychology sp17 - chapter 5 flash cards

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A relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs

as the result of experience is called

what?

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QUESTION 5.2

When you watch someone else make a mistake doing something and then avoid making the same mistake because of what you saw,

you experienced what?

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QUESTION 5.3

What is your instructor’s unique

definition of classical

conditioning?

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QUESTION 5.4

Learning a connection between two stimuli

that results in a change in behavior is

the definition of what?

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QUESTION 5.5

What is the classical conditioning

equation?

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QUESTION 5.6

A response that has not been trained, but

instead occurs naturally in response

to a particular stimulus is called a(n)?

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QUESTION 5.7

A stimulus that has nothing to do with the original UCS-

>UCR relationship is called what?

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QUESTION 5.8

A learned response to a specific stimulus

after training has occurred is called

what?

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QUESTION 5.9

The _____ elicits or causes a specific response after

training has occurred.

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QUESTION 5.10

This is a stimulus that causes an

unlearned or natural response.

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QUESTION 5.11

What is the name of the individual most closely associated

with classical conditioning?

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QUESTION 5.12

Fill in all of the parts of the classical

conditioning equation from the Pavlov’s dogs

study.

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QUESTION 5.13

Fill in all of the parts of the classical

conditioning equation from the Pizza Place

example in class.

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QUESTION 5.14

Fill in all of the parts of the classical

conditioning equation from the Little Albert Study.

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QUESTION 5.15

Jennifer has an experience that causes her to be very afraid of worms. Now she

suddenly finds she is terrified of spaghetti.

What term best describes this?

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QUESTION 5.16

Years ago Mary fell and broke her leg while riding a

horse and became very afraid of horses. Lately, she

was surprised that she is no longer afraid of horses.

What has occurred?

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QUESTION 5.17

“I thought I was over my aversion to penguins. I guess not, because my

fear suddenly came back. What term best

describes this?

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QUESTION 5.18

Ms. Sherrill is afraid of spiders, but not daddy long legs. What term best describes this?

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QUESTION 5.19

Who is the individual most associated with

Operant Conditioning?

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QUESTION 5.20

This term can be defined simply as

“increasing behavior”.

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QUESTION 5.21

If this is done, it may result in a behavior

being weakened. What term best describes this?

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QUESTION 5.22

Which term is best described the process

by which behavior can be influenced by its consequences?

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QUESTION 5.23

Define the terms ‘positive and

negative’ as they are used in

operant conditioning.

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QUESTION 5.24

Describe, in detail, the operant

conditioning matrix.

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QUESTION 5.25

Describe the steps you need to follow to figure out an operant conditioning applied

example.

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QUESTION 5.26

The usefulness of either reinforcement

or punishment depends on its __________ to the

organism of focus.

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QUESTION 5.27

If an organism is reinforced after a certain amount of time (such as on a clock or calendar) it would be a _____ schedule

of reinforcement.

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QUESTION 5.28

If an organism is reinforced after a certain amount of times that it performs a behavior, it

would be a _____ schedule of reinforcement.

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QUESTION 5.29

Nina has to sell candy bars for a school

fundraiser. She earns prizes for every box she sells. What schedule of reinforcement is being used to increase sales?

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QUESTION 5.30

Bob gets a bonus after first selling 3 books, then after

7 books and then after only 2. It keeps changing and he never knows when he

will get a bonus. This is an example of the:

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QUESTION 5.31

Tonya’s boss checks on her at various times throughout

the work day. Since she never knows when she will be checked on, she works

diligently. Which schedule is being used?

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QUESTION 5.32

Sally gets paid every other week. She is on what schedule of

reinforcement?

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QUESTION 5.33

What term is defined as a technique in which responses that are increasingly similar to the desired behavior are

reinforced, step by step, until the desired behavior

occurs.

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QUESTION 5.34

Another name for observational learning is:

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QUESTION 5.35

Define Learned

Helplessness.

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