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In the context of a classical conditioning experiment, when a dog salivates as he eats his food, the food is considered the ____________.

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unconditioned stimulus

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In the context of a classical conditioning experiment, when a dog salivates as he eats his food, the dog's salivation is called the ___________.

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unconditioned response

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If researchers are looking to create a conditioned response, what is one thing that must occur to make that happen?

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Repetition

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Which scientist is associated with discovering the classically conditioned response?

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Pavlov

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Research suggests that once people learn something its is always present somewhere in ____.

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Memory

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Following a response with the removal of something unpleasant is called:

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negative reinforcement.

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Layla's new puppy keeps chewing the bottoms of her favorite curtains. Now, whenever Layla sees the puppy begin chewing, she turns on a device that makes a continuous loud, annoying sound. She will not turn it off until the puppy stops chewing. Layla is using which technique to change the puppy's behavior?

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negative reinforcement

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Fishing is an example of an activity with a:

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variable interval schedule of reinforcement

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A modern term for a form of behavior modification that uses shaping techniques to mold a desired behavior or response is:

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applied behavior analysis (ABA).

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The central idea of toilet training a cat is breaking down the process into a series of small stages. This is an example of:

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shaping.

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Köhler determined that insight cannot be gained through ____ learning alone.

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Trial-and-error

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The second group of rats in Tolman's maze experiment was not reinforced for finding the exit until the tenth day. Once they started getting reinforcement, the rats learned to exit almost ____.

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immediately

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The mental events that take place inside a person's mind while behaving are known as:

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Cognition

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Seligman connects learned helplessness to:

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Depression

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While in the store with her little sister, Amber decided to stop to take a look at some jewelry. As soon as she turned her head, her sister disappeared. Though it only took minutes to find her sister, Amber's fear of losing her little sister again caused her to keep a very close eye on her from that moment on. Amber's change in behavior demonstrates which of the following?

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Learning

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Theo gets excited whenever he finds a quarter lying on the ground outside. While walking home from school one day, Theo noticed a shiny round object lying on the sidewalk and became very excited. He soon realized that the object was a bottle cap and his excitement quickly dissipated. Which of the following concepts is demonstrated in this example?

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stimulus generalization

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Aida loves to sing for her family and friends but is extremely shy. In order to encourage Aida to sing again, which of the following is a primary reinforcement that Aida's mom might use?

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promise her an ice cream cone when she sings

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Ama slows down her car after seeing a police officer on the side of the road. This example of change demonstrates ____.

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Learning

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For each day of the week that Tanya is good, she earns a fake dollar from her teacher. By the end of every week, Tanya has the option of using her dollars to buy something from the school store or saving them to buy something at a later time. The issue of fake dollars in response to good behavior is an example of _______.

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Behavior modification

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Bandura concluded that there were _____ elements of observational learning.

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Four

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Sammy and his friends are watching animated fight scenes on television. Based on Bandura's findings in the Bobo doll experiment, it seems likely that later, at play, Sammy and his friends will ____ many of the violent actions they witnessed on TV.

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imitate

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Noah is a junior in college and has always been an average student. This semester, he has a political science class for which he feels very passionate, and he sees himself pursuing a career in politics. For the first time, he wants to do well so that he can get an "A." This is an example of which element of observational learning?

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Desire

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Bandura conducted some of his research to study possible links between children's exposure to ______ and _____ behavior toward others

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violence on tv, agressive

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A stimulus that has no effect on the desired response is a(n):

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neutral stimulus

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In classical conditioning, the actual response involved in a CR and a UCR are the same. (For example, it might be salivation in both cases.) However, what makes that response (salivation) considered conditioned or unconditioned depends on whether the subject is responding to a ____ or a ____.

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UCS, CS

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___________ occurs when an organism learns to respond to different stimuli in different ways.

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Stimulus discrimination

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Pavlov believed that the CS, due to its association close in time with the UCS, came to activate the same place in the brain originally activated by the UCS. What is this belief called?

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stimulus substitution

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When a previously neutral stimulus, through repeated pairing with the unconditioned stimulus, begins to cause the same kind of reflexive response, the neutral stimulus has become:

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conditioned stimulus

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