Unit 3 Learning

which of the following is the best example of learning?

• a dog salivates when food is place in its mouth

• a honeybee stings when the hive is threatened

• a child feels ill after drinking sour milk

• a child flinches when he sees lightning he is afraid of thunder

a family uses the microwave to prepare their cat's food. the cat comes running into the room when the microwave timer sounds, but not when it hears the oven timer. The cat is demonstrating the concept of

• generalization

• discrimination

• spontaneous recovery

• extinction

In classical condition, a person learns to anticipate events by

• associating a response with its consequences

• avoiding spontaneous recovery

• using operant behaviors

• associating two stimuli

in classical conditions, the conditioning, the conditioned stimulus

• naturally triggers a response

• is a naturally occurring response

• is initally neutral, and then comes to trigger a response

• prompts spontaneous recovery

Students are accustomed to a bell ringing to indicate the end of a class period. the principal decides to substitute popular music for the bell to indicate the end of each class period. Students quickly respond to the music in the same way as they did to the bell. In this example, the music is a(n)

• conditioned repsonse

• conditioned stimulus

• unconditioned response

• unconditioned stimulus

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

students in a school are accustomed to moving to the next class when music plays. after a period of time, the principal replaces the music with a bell to signal the end of class. If one day he plays the music by mistake and the students leave class, which of the following is being shown?

• acquisition

• generalization

• spontaneous recovery

• operant conditioning

The purpose of reinforcement is to

• cause a behavior to stop

• cause a behavior to dismish

• cause a behavior to continue

• cause a behavior to occur for only a limited amount of time.

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

Which of the following best describes negative reinforcement?

• John stops shooting bad free-throws because his coach benches him when he does

• Brian studies hard because it earns him "A" grades in math

• Charles smokes because his anxiety is reduced when he does so

• Osel wears his seat belt because his driving teacher cited accident statistics in class

Thorndike's principle that behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely to be repeated is known as what

• Law of effect

• Operant conditioning

• Shaping

• discrimination

All of the following are example of primary reinforcers except a

• rat's food reward in a Skinner's box

• cold drink on a hot day

• high score on an exam for which a student studied diligently

• hug form a loved one