Problem 1
Because Konrad Lorenz was the first and only animal baby geese knew for the first few weeks of their lives, they thought Lorenz was their "mother." This kind of association is known as a. reinforcement. b. imprinting. c. learning. d. conditioning.
Problem 1
Barbara just started a new job, and she watches how her colleagues dress and act. The type of learning Barbara is doing is a. observational learning. b. enactive learning. c. operant conditioning. d. reinforcement.
Problem 2
What biological structure(s) or system(s) might best explain why we cry along with characters in a sad movie? a. mirror neurons b. sensory neurons c. frontal lobes d. hypothalamus
Problem 2
Because Sela always opens a drawer to get the can opener whenever she feeds her cat, Socks, use a can opener when getting her Socks runs into the kitchen each time he hears someone open a drawer. Socks has a. remembered what cat food is. b. made an association between the drawer opening and being fed. c. habituated to noises in the kitchen. d. done none of the above.
Problem 2
The major finding(s) from Bandura's Bobo doll experiments were that a. children learn to be aggressive by watching other people be aggressive. b. children learn to be aggressive by observing reinforced aggression in others. c. children learn to be aggressive only if they see someone of the same sex be aggressive. d. Both a and b are correct.
Problem 3
Research on learning and the brain has shown that rats raised in impoverished environments a. learn just as quickly as rats raised in enriched environments. b. have the same number of neurons in the hippocampus as rats raised in enriched environments. c. learn more slowly but have the same number of neurons and synaptic connections as rats raised in enriched environments. d. learn more slowly and have fewer neurons and synaptic connections than rats raised in enriched environments.
Problem 3
A rat presses a lever, resulting in food delivery. The rat then presses the lever more frequently. This is an example of a. punishment. b. higher-order conditioning. c. reinforcement. d. extinction.
Problem 3
Research generally shows that children a. are not at all likely to be aggressive after watching aggression on TV or in movies. b. are likely to be aggressive after watching aggression on TV or in movies. c. are more aggressive after watching aggression in movies only if they are from impoverished backgrounds. d. know the difference between movies and real life and are not influenced by movie or TV violence.
Problem 4
In a typical classical conditioning experiment, a neutral stimulus is a. repeatedly paired with the unconditioned response. b. not paired with any other stimulus. c. repeatedly paired with the conditioned stimulus. d. repeatedly paired with the unconditioned stimulus.
Problem 5
A reinforcer is anything that ___________ ; a punisher is anything that ___________. a. makes a behavior less likely; makes a behavior more likely b. makes a behavior more likely; makes a behavior less likely c. is positive; is negative d. is shaped; is extinguished
