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Jacinda has a glass of wine after work because it relieves her anxiety. Her wine drinking is likely to continue because it is followed by a ________ reinforcer.
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negative
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If a tone that regularly signals food triggers a salivation response, then a light that becomes associated with that tone may also begin to trigger salivation. This best illustrates
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higher order conditioning
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Pavlov is to classical conditioning as ________ is to ________.
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Bandura; observational learning
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A young child who is spanked after running into the street learns not to repeat this behavior. In this case, the spanking is a
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positive punishment
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In classical conditioning, an organism forms associations between
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behavior and consequence
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The researcher most closely associated with the study of classical conditioning is
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Pavlov
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The reappearance, after a time lapse, of an extinguished CR is called
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spontaneous recovery
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Seals in an aquarium will repeat behaviors, such as slapping and barking, that prompt people to toss them a herring. This best illustrates
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operant conditioning.
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Which of the following provides evidence that a CR is not completely eliminated during extinction?
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spontaneous recovery
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Learning that certain events occur together is called
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associative learning.
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The initial stage of classical conditioning during which a response to a neutral stimulus is established and gradually strengthened is called
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acquisiton
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In Pavlov's experiments on the salivary conditioning of dogs, the CS was
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salivation in response to food
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When the Zantays eat dinner, the family dog begs for food. Sometimes, but not often, the children give in to the dog's begging and pass their pet a tasty morsel. You would be most justified in predicting that
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the dog is going to be quite persistent in its begging in the future.
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Teachers who effectively shape their students' study habits are most likely to
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Reinforce even minor improvements in students' study skills
