M22 – Flashcard

1. An organism's ability to mentally anticipate that a US will follow a CS is most likely to be highlighted by a(n) ________ perspective. a. evolutionary b. behaviorist c. cognitive d. neuroscience

2. Rats easily learn to associate nausea-producing radiation treatments with a. loud sounds. b. bright lights. c. novel tastes. d. high-pitched sounds.

3. 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. According to many researchers, this best illustrates a. operant conditioning. b. observational learning. c. respondent behavior. d. spontaneous recovery.

4. An empathic 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 a. cognitive maps. b. spontaneous recovery. c. mirror neurons. d. extrinsic motivation.

5. Children often imitate behaviors seen on television. This best illustrates the impact of a. modeling. b. respondent behavior. c. immediate reinforcement. d. spontaneous recovery.

1. If you get violently ill a couple of hours after eating contaminated food, you will probably develop an aversion to the taste of that food but not to the sight of the restaurant where you ate or to the sound of music you heard there. This best illustrates that associative learning is constrained by a. intrinsic motivation. b. biological predispositions. c. conditioned reinforcers. d. the law of effect.

2. Research participants formed more gut-level liking for Pokémon characters associated with positive rather than negative images. This best illustrates the impact of a. classical conditioning. b. the law of effect. c. negative reinforcers. d. intrinsic motivation.

3. Caroline loves to read and enjoys looking up the meanings of words she does not know. In school, her teacher promises a gold star to students each time they learn a new word. The teacher's behavior is most likely to undermine a. latent learning. b. intrinsic motivation. c. spontaneous recovery. d. generalization.

4. Children who are promised a payoff for playing with an interesting toy have later been observed to play with the toy less than those who are not promised the reward. This provides evidence for the role of ________ in operant behavior. a. spontaneous recovery b. primary reinforcers c. cognitive processes d. negative reinforcers

5. Which pioneering learning researcher highlighted the antisocial effects of aggressive models on children's behavior? a. John B. Watson b. Albert Bandura c. Ivan Pavlov d. B. F. Skinner