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An individual watches a friend send an E-mail message. When the individual is later able to send an E-mail message, the type of learning exhibited is __________.

Whenever Dave eats Mexican food, his forehead perspires from the hot spices. Now, whenever he sees a Mexican restaurant, his forehead begins to perspire. When Dave's forehead perspires in response to the Mexican food, that perspiration represents the __________. When Dave's forehead perspires in response to seeing the Mexican restaurant, that perspiration represents the __________.

A technique that teaches complex behaviors by first reinforcing small steps is
called __________.

On September 1, Mary G. Montgomery High School's fire alarm sounded, and students ran in fear from the burning chemistry lab. During the next few weeks there was a rash of false alarms, and people began to ignore the fire bells. On December 15, the fire alarm sounded, and students once again ran from the building in fear. What phenomenon was responsible for the students' renewed fear?

Classical conditioning is useful to animals and people because it helps them
__________.

If you work at a job where you get paid every two weeks, you are being
reinforced on what kind of schedule?

Ivan Pavlov noticed that while using classical conditioning, the best results occured when the conditioned stimulus was presented __________.

What is the method in which a pleasant stimulus is paired repeatedly with a
fearful one?

In John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner's experiment, "Little Albert" began to fear all objects that were white and furry because of __________.

Food and water are __________.

Kevin is a good psychology student. He studies hard because when he does he gets the awesome psychology teacher's approval. His studying behavior was probably learned through __________.

A variable-ratio schedule provides reinforcement __________.

Bobby has a test-taking phobia. Every time he prepares to take one of Mr. Rose’s tests his muscles tighten, his teeth grind, and he becomes difficult to live with.  A counselor recommends that Bobby try to learn a new response, such as relaxation, when getting ready for a test.  The counselor is suggesting a procedure known as __________.

Which psychologist demonstrated conditioning on a human infant?

A conditioned response occurs __________.

The process by which a stimulus increases the chances of a preceding behavior
occurring again is called __________.

Watson demonstrated how __________ could be conditioned.

Dogs that believe that no matter what they do their actions make no difference are exhibiting __________.

Classical conditioning has been demonstrated __________.

Every time James picks up the phone, his crazy psychology teacher scratches a chalk board. Now, any time the phone rings, James feels anxious. In fact, lately James has begun to fear that people will call him, and he doesn't even like to be in the same room as a phone. James is exhibiting a classically conditioned __________.

“Courage” the dog loves balls. Whenever he sees one, he grabs it and starts to play with it. Recently, when he saw an orange on the counter, he whined and tried to get his owner to give it to him so that he could play with it. This an example of
__________.

Classical conditioning can be applied to help overcome fears using the method of
__________.

When a child cleans his room, his parents read him a story. This child cleans his room more often, so as to hear more stories. This is an example of
__________.

The act of responding differently to stimuli that are not similar to each
other is __________.

In classical conditioning, the unconditioned stimulus elicits __________.

Spontaneous recovery can occur __________.

Mr. Rose’s fourth grade teacher, Mr. Erikson was very effective at dealing with misbehaving elementary-school student.  He used __________.

An operant is __________.

George and Laura decide to eat at a restaurant. When they arrive they are greeted promptly by the hostess. The waiter is efficient and the food is fantastic! They are likely to return to the restaurant because their decision to eat there was followed by a satisfying experience. This example illustrates __________.

Ivan Pavlov's experiments with dogs yielded information about __________.

Stephanie has learned that if she cries after being put to bed her parents will
often return and pick her up. Crying is a(n) __________.

__________ is the psychologist most closely associated with operant
conditioning.

In Pavlov's experiments, __________ was the unconditioned response.

__________ is recognized as providing the first demonstration of classical
conditioning.

Children who watched an adult attack a doll, ataacked the doll later. This is
evidence for the importance of __________.

A subject responding to a second stimulus similar to the original CS is an example of __________.

Primary and secondary reinforcers are important in __________.

Which psychologist showed that we aquire knowledge and skills by observing and
imitating others?

What is another name for conditioning?

A slot machine provides reinforcement to players based on a __________.

You have a cat that runs to the sound of the cat food cabinet opening. The
sound of the cabinet is the __________.

A conditioned response may be extinguished when __________.

A child saying “Daddy” only to his father is an example of __________.

Learning from the consequences of behavior is called __________.

In human society, money serves as a __________.

In the experiment with Little Albert, the conditioned response was __________.

Objects that satisfy or reduce a basic, or natural need are called __________.

The main principle of Thorndike's law of effect is that __________.

Since the process of learning to ride a bicycle involved a lot of trial and error, it is an example of __________.

An unpleasant consequence that decreases the frequency of the response that produced it is called __________.