Psych chapter 5 quiz – Flashcards

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

Last night, Kayla thought she was awakened by a noise she heard outside of her bedroom door. As she tried to get up to see what was going on, she couldn't move. She tried to scream out and couldn't make a sound. After several minutes, she was finally able to sit up and wondered what had just happened. The best explanation for Kayla's experience, according to sleep researchers, is that she experienced

Fishing is an example of an activity with a:

Köhler's chimp experiment involved

Research suggests that once people learn something,

the response that is given to the conditioned stimulus is not usually quite as strong as the original unconditioned response,

Dr. Rubio is conducting an experiment in classical conditioning. Shortly after playing music, she places a loaf of bread on the window sill outside her office window. After doing this a number of times, she notices that now, just as she begins to play her music, several birds fly to her window even before she presents the bread. In this example, what is the conditioned stimulus? a. the bread b. the sound of the window opening

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

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

In Tolman's maze-running rats experiment, it was discovered that learning could happen without reinforcement, and then later affect behavior as___

the four elements of observational learning are attention, memory,____ and ____.

Every time Paul's neighbor upstairs plays loud music, Paul bangs on his ceiling with a broom and the music stops. Paul's behavior of banging on the ceiling to get the music to stop is an example of _______.

The heart of operant conditioning is the effect of___________on behavior

Kohler determined that insight:

Whenever you take a shower in your bathroom at home, the water in the shower turns icy cold just as the toilet in another bathroom is flushed, causing you to cringe. After several experiences of this occurrence, you find that you tend to cringe whenever you hear a toilet flush, even when you're not in the shower. In this example of classical conditioning, what is the unconditioned stimulus?

Which of the following is NOT an example of a "normal" reflex?