In operant conditioning, the ______ are the most important elements in the learning process.

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The first time Mrs. Tucker ate sour candy her mouth puckered. Now, if she even sees a piece of sour candy, her mouth puckers. The sour candy in Mrs. Tucker's mouth that caused the original reaction would be called the ______, in classical conditioning.

conditioned response (CR)
conditioned stimulus (CS)
unconditioned response (UCR)
unconditioned stimulus (UCS)

unconditioned stimulus (UCS)

Pavlov's groundbreaking work on the learning process, known as classical conditioning, involved the repeated pairing of a ______ stimulus with a(n) ______ stimulus.

neutral; response-producing
response-producing; neutral
conditioned; unconditioned
reinforced; operant

neutral; response-producing

Rose has been unable to drive a motorcycle since being involved in a serious motorcycle accident. Every time she sees a motorcycle, her heart races and she begins to sweat. A person with knowledge of classical conditioning would be correct in saying that the motorcycle is now a(n) ______, and the heart racing and body sweating is the ______.

conditioned stimulus; unconditioned response
unconditioned stimulus; conditioned response
conditioned stimulus; conditioned response
unconditioned stimulus; unconditioned response

conditioned stimulus; conditioned response

Dr. Ramos is a behavioral psychologist who conducts basic research using animals in carefully controlled laboratory studies. The goal of his research is likely to:

collect and sell saliva from dogs and other animals.
train animals to do tricks.
observe changes in animal behavior that result from biological maturation.
identify the general principles of learning that apply across a wide range of species, including humans.

identify the general principles of learning that apply across a wide range of species, including humans.

Which of the following perspectives posits that both mental processes and external events are involved in the learning of new behaviors?

biological perspective
cognitive perspective
behavioral perspective
evolutionary perspective

cognitive perspective

Francine is studying nonreinforced, natural behaviors. It is likely that she is going to be tested on:

observational learning.
operant conditioning.
cognitive psychology.
classical conditioning.

operant conditioning.

Which of the following perspectives posits that both mental processes and external events are involved in the learning of new behaviors?

behavioral perspective
cognitive perspective
evolutionary perspective
biological perspective

cognitive perspective

Mirror neurons provide a biological basis for:

extrinsic motivation.
the law of effect.
observational learning.
spontaneous recovery.

observational learning.

Your friend Peter has trained his dog to salivate every time Peter rings a bell, since the dog associates getting to eat when he hears the bell. Peter then decides to pair a light with the bell, then eventually removing the bell. Now his dog salivates when he only sees the light. Peter has just succeeded at a procedure known as:

higher order conditioning.
operant conditioning.
observational learning.
lower order conditioning.

higher order conditioning.

Based on the discussion of biological preparedness and conditioned fears in the In Focus box titled "Evolution, Biological Preparedness, and Conditioned Fears: What Gives You The Creeps?," which of the following can be said about phobias?

They are not very selective.
Their selectivity has not been measured.
They seem quite selective.
Snake and spider phobias are actually uncommon.

They seem quite selective.

When Juanita gets paid, she uses the money to buy food to feed her family. For Juanita, money is a ______ reinforcer and food is a ______ reinforcer.

primary; negative
conditioned; primary
primary; positive
conditioned; secondary

conditioned; primary

Mrs. Taylor's third grade class has a "class clown" named Henry. Every time Henry makes faces or engages in other inappropriate behavior in class, he gets yelled at by Mrs. Taylor. According to Skinner's operant conditioning paradigm, Henry's bad behavior is likely to ______, because of Mrs. Taylor's use of ______.

decrease; reinforcement
increase; punishment
increase; reinforcement
decrease; punishment

increase; reinforcement

The American psychologist who, by means of careful experimentation, demonstrated that taste aversions in animals were learned was:

Robert A. Rescorla.
John B. Watson.
John Garcia.
Ivan Pavlov.

John Garcia.

Erv developed a fear of attics after he was accidentally locked in his own attic by his wife. Erv's present fear of the attic is a(n):

conditioned emotional response.
example of instinctive drift.
form of observational learning.
operantly conditioned response.

conditioned emotional response.

Most often, behavior modification involves applying the principles of ______ to bring about changes in behavior.

extinction
operant conditioning
classical conditioning
spontaneous recovery

operant conditioning

Biological preparedness and conditioned fears are discussed in the In Focus box titled "Evolution, Biological Preparedness, and Conditioned Fears: What Gives You The Creeps?" Psychologist Martin Seligman noticed, as recorded in the box, that:

all phobias are acquired through classical conditioning.
phobias are strictly the result of childhood abuse.
all phobias are acquired through observational learning and operant conditioning.
phobias seem to be quite selective.

phobias seem to be quite selective.

In their recent studies on phobias, discussed in the In Focus box titled "Evolution, Biological Preparedness, and Conditioned Fears: What Gives You The Creeps?," psychologists Arne Ohman and Susan Mineka have:

demonstrated the involvement of cognitive processes in classical conditioning.
demonstrated the learning of taste aversions.
developed the operant conditioning model of learning.
shown evidence of an evolutionary explanation.

shown evidence of an evolutionary explanation.

You are taking a psychology class that involves classically conditioning two groups of rats: using a tone (CS) followed by a shock (UCS) for group 1; using a taste (CS) followed by a shock (UCS) for group 2. When asked what you are examining, you answer that you're looking at:

how biological preparedness affects learning through classical conditioning.
how stimulus generalization impacts learning through operant conditioning.
cognitive processes.
partial reinforcement.

how biological preparedness affects learning through classical conditioning.

According to the In Focus box titled "Watson, Classical Conditioning, and Advertising," all of the following could be said about John B. Watson EXCEPT:

he was banned from academia.
he was a behaviorist.
he forged the way for the field of humanism.
he contributed to the field of advertising.

he forged the way for the field of humanism.

In Pavlov's famous dog experiments, the dogs learned to salivate at the mere sound of a bell ringing. However, prior to conditioning, it was the food in the dog's mouth that caused the salivation, or the:

conditioned response (CR).
unconditioned stimulus (UCS).
unconditioned response (UCR).
conditioned stimulus (CS).

unconditioned response (UCR).

Every time three-year-old Franklin hits his younger brother, Franklin's mother picks Franklin up and says "No," giving him the attention that he likely wants to begin with. What Franklin's mother doesn't realize is that she is conforming to a fundamental behavioral principle called ______ by reinforcing her son's behavior when he hits his brother.

operant conditioning
behavior modification
classical conditioning
punishment by application

operant conditioning

According to the In Focus box titled "Watson, Classical Conditioning, and Advertising," John B. Watson, a pioneer in the application of classical conditioning to advertising, believed that in order to make consumers react, advertisers should, as strategies, do all of the following EXCEPT:

tell them something that will not personally relate to them.
tell them something that will create fear.
tell them something that will call out an emotional response.
tell them something that will stir up mild rage.

tell them something that will not personally relate to them.

Of the following, which is NOT an example of positive punishment?

A dog's owner swats her with a newspaper every time she chews his shoe.
A child's mother places him in "time out" every time he calls his brother "stupid."
A teenage girl wears a low-cut shirt to school one day and is reprimanded by her mother.
A little boy's mother slaps him on the arm every time he talks back to her.

A child's mother places him in "time out" every time he calls his brother "stupid."

This term is used to describe any active behavior that operates on the environment to generate consequences.

punishment
giving rewards
reinforcing behavior
operant behavior

operant behavior

Dalbir believes that reinforcement is NOT necessary for learning to occur but that it does affect the performance of what has been learned. Dalbir's view is most consistent with the phenomenon of:

latent learning.
biological preparedness.
shaping.
instinctive drift.

latent learning.

Based on the work of Robert Rescorla, some scientists believe that animals:

easily convert automatic responses to conditioned responses.
can learn to distinguish between stimuli.
use cognitive processes to draw inferences about the signals they encounter in their environment.
have developed specific characteristics to maximize adaptation to the environment.

use cognitive processes to draw inferences about the signals they encounter in their environment.

Ms. Jones is holding her six-month-old niece Mischa who is hungry and beginning to get fussy. When Mischa's mother walks through the door, Ms. Jones notices that Mischa begins to drool just at the sight of her mother. According to the principles of classical conditioning, Mischa's drool is a(n):

conditioned response.
unconditioned stimulus.
unconditioned response.
conditioned stimulus.

conditioned response.

The development of a taste aversion likely has a(n) ______ component, such that if an animal in the wild eats a food that makes it sick, the animal is more likely to survive by avoiding that food in the future.

evolutionary
operant
discriminative stimulus
reinforcing

evolutionary

Gerry puts up her umbrella as soon as it starts raining to keep her clothes from getting any wetter. This example illustrates ______ behavior and ______ reinforcement.

escape; positive
avoidance; positive
avoidance; negative
escape; negative

escape; negative

Applying the knowledge of operant conditioning they gained by being students of ______, Keller and Marian Breland were able to successfully train animals for television commercials, trade shows, fairs, and displays in department stores.

Sigmund Freud
Albert Bandura
Ivan Pavlov
B. F. Skinner

B. F. Skinner

Behaviorism would reject all of the following notions EXCEPT:

consciousness.
introspection.
conditioning.
personality.

conditioning.

Monica has decided she wants to begin walking one mile per day, with a goal of eventually walking 15 miles per week. However, she has found that she often chooses instead to stay home and watch TV or turn around after walking less than a half a mile. Her desire to eventually lose weight is motivated by ______; her snack-eating behavior, which interferes with this goal, is governed by ______.

short-term reinforcement; long-term reinforcement
positive reinforcement; negative reinforcement
long-term reinforcement; short-term reinforcement
continuous reinforcement; intermittent reinforcement

long-term reinforcement; short-term reinforcement

The experimental investigation of observational learning that emphasizes the role of cognitive factors can be largely credited to American psychologist:

Sigmund Freud.
Robert A. Rescorla.
Albert Bandura.
John B. Watson.

Albert Bandura.

Based on the work of Robert Rescorla, some scientists believe that animals:

have developed specific characteristics to maximize adaptation to the environment.
can learn to distinguish between stimuli.
use cognitive processes to draw inferences about the signals they encounter in their environment.
easily convert automatic responses to conditioned responses.

use cognitive processes to draw inferences about the signals they encounter in their environment.

The learning principle that proposes that responses followed by a satisfying effect are strengthened and MORE likely to occur again is called the:

unconditioned stimulus.
law of pairing.
law of effect.
conditioned stimulus.

law of effect.

Dr. Yates claims to feel more awake and "ready to go" within 2 minutes of his first sip of coffee in the morning. Given that it takes at least 20 minutes for caffeine to reach significant levels in one's bloodstream, it is likely that Dr. Yates is experiencing a(n) ______ response to the sight, smell, and taste of coffee.

classically unconditioned
operantly unconditioned
operantly conditioned
classically conditioned

classically conditioned

The basis of learning in operant conditioning involves the association of a ______ and the ______ that follows it.

response; consequence
consequence; response
conditioned stimulus; unconditioned stimulus
unconditioned stimulus; conditioned response

response; consequence

If you had been invited to a party at the home of John B. Watson in 1913, which of the following would you have been likely to overhear him saying to others there?

"Psychology should be redefined as the scientific study of behavior."
"Psychology should focus on the study of subjective mental processes."
"Psychology is only for the faint of heart."
"Psychology as it stands today is right on track."

"Psychology should be redefined as the scientific study of behavior."

Little James receives attention from his teacher in the form of a scolding every time he misbehaves. As a result, he misbehaves quite frequently. In this instance, it would appear that the teacher's scolding is a:

negatively reinforcing stimulus.
form of punishment by application.
form of punishment by removal.
positively reinforcing stimulus.

positively reinforcing stimulus.

According to the Critical Thinking box titled "Is Human Freedom Just an Illusion?", B. F. Skinner maintained that:

cognitive factors are the crucial elements in all learning.
human freedom is an illusion.
the evolutionary perspective best explains animal behavior but can't be applied to human beings.
all behavior arises from causes that are within the individual, and environmental factors have little or no influence.

human freedom is an illusion.

According to the Focus On Neuroscience box titled "Mirror Neurons: Imitation in the Brain?," recent research on the evidence of mirror neurons in the human brain has revealed that:

neurons are activated by both the performance and observation of a behavior.
neurons are activated only by performance of a behavior.
neurons are not activated by either performance or observation of a behavior.
neurons are activated only by observation of a behavior.

neurons are activated by both the performance and observation of a behavior.

As a result of the research conducted by Rescorla and his colleagues, the modern understanding of how learning occurs in classical conditioning differs from that developed by Pavlov and Watson in its emphasis on the role of ______ that precede the unconditioned stimulus.

conditioned stimuli
reliable signals
conditioned response
punishment

reliable signals

The unpredictable nature of ______ produces high, steady rates of responding, but with very little pausing between reinforcers.

fixed-ratio schedules
variable-ratio schedules
variable-interval schedules
fixed-interval schedules

variable-ratio schedules

Taste aversion can best be explained by:

learning.
evolutionary theory.
operant conditioning.
classical conditioning.

evolutionary theory.

American psychologist ______ experimentally demonstrated the ways in which cognitive processes are involved in classical conditioning.

B. F. Skinner
Albert Bandura
Robert Rescorla
Ivan Pavlov

Robert Rescorla

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What are the key elements in operant conditioning?

The components of Operant Conditioning are Reinforcement and Punishment. There is positive and negative reinforcement, as well as positive and negative punishment.

What is the most important aspect in operant conditioning for learning to occur?

Operant conditioning relies on a fairly simple premise: Actions that are followed by reinforcement will be strengthened and more likely to occur again in the future. If you tell a funny story in class and everybody laughs, you will probably be more likely to tell that story again in the future.

What is the most effective operant conditioning?

REINFORCEMENT. The most effective way to teach a person or animal a new behavior is with positive reinforcement.

What are the 3 important features of operant conditioning?

Elements of Operant Conditioning.
positive reinforcement;.
negative reinforcment;.
punishment;.
extinction..