Psychology Chapter 6 Test – Flashcards

The reemergence of an extinguished conditioned response after a period of rest and with no further conditioning is known as _____.

is a type of learning in which a neutral stimulus comes to bring about a response after it is paired with a stimulus that naturally brings about that response.

is credited with laying the foundation for the study of classical conditioning in psychology.

occurs when a previously conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears

Reinforcers that satisfy a biological need are called _____ reinforcers.

is the decrease in response to a stimulus that occurs after repeated presentations of the same stimulus.

Psychologists use the term _____ to refer to a relatively permanent change in behavior resulting from experience.

Learning reflects _____. Maturation reflects _____.

Bandura's Bobo doll experiment was intended to demonstrate:

Which of the following types of consequences is correctly matched with an example?

Mrs. Martin, a third-grade teacher, is instructing cursive writing. At first, she reinforces even crude attempts to reproduce letters with an encouraging word; as time goes on, though, she reinforces only well-formed letters. By reinforcing progressively better attempts at writing letters, Mrs. Martin is using: