A relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience is called _______
_learning_.
The type of learning in which we learn to associate two stimuli is ____________ conditioning.
_classical_
The tendency to associate a response and its consequence forms the basis of _________
conditioning.
_operant_
Eventually, the dogs in Pavlov's experiment would salivate on hearing the tone. This salivation is
called the _____________ __________.
_conditioned_ _response
The procedure in which a person teaches a complicated behavior by building up to it in small
steps is called ________ .
_shaping
An event that increases the frequency of a behavior is a ____________
_reinforcer_.
Jack finally takes out the garbage in order to get his father to stop pestering him. Jack's behavior
is being influenced by ______________ __________.
_negative_ _reinforcement_.
The procedure involving reinforcement of each and every response is called _continuous_
______________. Under these conditions, learning is _________. When this type of reinforcement is
discontinued, extinction is ________
_reinforcement_ ,_quick_,_quick_
The procedure in which responses are reinforced only part of the time is called
_______/_______ reinforcement. Under these conditions, learning is generally ________ than
it is with continuous reinforcement. Behavior reinforced in this manner is_______ re
_partial/intermittent_,_slower_, _very_
Neuroscientists have found_______ neurons in the brain that provide a neural basis for
_____________ learning
_mirror_ ,_observational_
. In one experiment, children who viewed an adult punch an inflatable doll played _______
aggressively than children who had not observed the adult.
_more_
Learning is best defined as
a. any behavior produced by an organism without being provoked.
b. A change in the behavior of an organism.
c. A relatively permanent change in the behavior of an organism due to experience.
d. Behavior based on operant rather
c. A relatively permanent change in the behavior of an organism due to experience.
The type of learning associated with Skinner is
a. Classical conditioning
b. Operant conditioning
c. Respondent conditioning
d. Observational learning
b. Operant conditioning
In order to obtain a reward, a monkey learns to press a lever when a 1000-Hz tone is on but not
when a 1200-Hz tone is on. What kind of training is this?
a. Extinction
b. Generalization
c. Classical conditioning
d. Discrimination
d. Discrimination
Which of the following statements concerning reinforcement is correct?
a. Learning is most rapid with intermittent reinforcement, but continuous reinforcement
produces the greatest resistance to extinction.
b. Learning is most rapid with continuous reinfo
b. Learning is most rapid with continuous reinforcement, but intermittent
reinforcement produces the greatest resistance to extinction
The procedure in which a person teaches a complicated behavior by building up to it in small
steps is called ________ .
_shaping