AP Psych Quiz 7.1 – Flashcards
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If one chimpanzee watches a second chimp solve a puzzle for a food reward, the first chimp may thereby learn how to solve the puzzle. This best illustrates
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observational learning
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The first time that Liza heard the loud sounds of her father's bass drum, she responded with fear. The fear response is most clearly an example of
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respondent behavior
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During a typical morning, Colin checks the clock frequently.... Colin's behavior is reinforced on a ____ schedule
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fixed-interval
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Airline frequent flyer programs that reward customers with a free flight after every 50,000 miles of travel illustrate the use of a _____ schedule of reinforcement
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fixed-ratio
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Pavlov notices that dogs began salivating at the mere sight of the person who regularly brought food to them. For the dogs, the sight of this person was a(n)
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conditioned stimulus
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Blinking in response to a puff of air directed to your eye is a
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UR
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Punishment ______ the rate of operant respondeing, and negative reinforcement _____ the rate of operant responding
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decreases;increases
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An empathetic husband who sees his wife in pain will exhibit some of the same brain activity she is showing. According to many researchers, this best illustrates the functioning of
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mirror neurons
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Cats received a fish reward.... This illustrates
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the law of effect
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An organism's ability to mentally anticipate that a US will follow a CS is most likely to be highlighted by a(n) ______ perspective
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cognitive
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Through direct experience with animals, we come to anticipate that dogs will bark and that birds will chirp. This best illustrates
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associative learning`
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Rats most easily learn to associate nausea-producing radiation treatments with
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novel tastes
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If the onset of a light reliably signals the onset of food, a rat in a Skinner box will work to turn on the light. In this case, the light is a _____ reinforcer
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conditioned
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Long after her conditioned fear... her unexpected nervousness best illustrates
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spontaneous recovery
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Most of the TV shows that 9-year-old Fred watches involves violence. This is most likely to lead Fred to
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perceive the injuries of vistims of violence as less severe
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A year.... This reaction best illustrates
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generalization
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In teaching her son to play basketball.... she is using a procedure known as
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shaping
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John B. Watson believed that psychology should be the science of
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observable behavior
