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Provide one example of vicarious reinforcement and one example of vicarious punishment.

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Examples of vicarious reinforcement shou...

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Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that plays an important role in the reinforcement of behavior.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following is NOT associated with Skinner?


A) Skinner box
B) operant conditioning
C) schedules of reinforcement
D) conditioned stimulus

E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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Which of the following is a primary reinforcer?


A) a gold star
B) candy
C) a new toy
D) money

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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What are some reasons why parents should avoid spanking their children or using other types of corporal punishment?

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Physical punishments provide a...

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Shirley refuses to put her name up for a promotion because she knows she will not get the job anyway. This is an example of


A) learned helplessness.
B) negative reinforcement.
C) punishment.
D) Both A and B are correct.

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Andrea is an avid golfer. She tries to imitate Michelle Wie's swing which she has seen on television and in person. This is an example of


A) vicarious reinforcement.
B) discrimination.
C) motor reproduction.
D) shaping.

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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Describe Kohler's "stick problem" and "box problem". Why were these problems important to learning theorists?

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What does the term "reflex" mean in regards to classical conditioning?


A) a learned association
B) an automatic S-R connection
C) a neutral stimulus
D) an imitated behavior

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Studies by Ader and Cohen revealed that classical conditioning can produce


A) immunosuppression.
B) extinction.
C) reinforcement.
D) reconditioning.

E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

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Pavlov's dog salivated each time food was presented. Salivation in this situation was the


A) unconditioned response.
B) conditioned stimulus.
C) unconditioned stimulus.
D) conditioned response.

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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A CS should be a reliable predictor of the UCS.

A) True
B) False

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Operant conditioning explains why we raise our hands in class.

A) True
B) False

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Grayson's dog salivates each time he hears the fridge door open. Grayson decides to try an experiment. He sets up several trials where his dog salivates upon hearing the fridge door open but does not receive any food. As a result, the dog stops salivating when the fridge door is opened. What happened?


A) dog realizes that the bell is not food
B) extinction has occurred
C) contingency loop has been disrupted
D) spontaneous recovery was not triggered

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Most hitchhikers get rides on a ________ schedule of reinforcement.


A) continuous
B) fixed interval
C) fixed ratio
D) variable ratio

E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

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In ________ conditioning, organisms learn the association between two stimuli.


A) classical
B) cognitive
C) instrumental
D) operant

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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You feel fine as you sit down in your usual seat in German class. However, when Dr. Kraus announces that there will be a pop quiz on the 100 most difficult vocabulary words covered in the last few classes, your heart starts pounding and you get a queasy feeling in your stomach. This reaction is most likely a(n)


A) UCS.
B) UCR.
C) CS.
D) CR.

E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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Mark's dog, Gus, sits whenever Mark says, "Sit." Mark now wants to teach Gus a new trick. He wants to teach him to bark every time he says, "Speak," but whenever Mark says, "Speak," Gus just sits. The dog's behavior is an example of


A) habituation.
B) generalization.
C) contiguous occurrences.
D) contingent occurrences.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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Learned helplessness is the belief that you are either smart or not, and no amount of work can make up for the difference.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following is an example of positive punishment?


A) time-out
B) getting grounded
C) getting scolded
D) None of these.

E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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