Kay S.
Superstitious conditioning
Successive approximation (shaping)
Acquisition
Extinction
Spontaneous recovery
Primary drives
Secondary drives
Three term contingency
Thorndike was the first to...
A reinforcer is a stimulus that...
Free operant procedure
Neuringer's page
Allen Neuringer
Olds and Milner
What is the one key condition for effective reinforcement?
Identify the sequence of events that leads to reinforcement or punishment
Why is classical conditioning termed S-S?
Why is operant conditioning termed R-S?
Neg. Punishment
John Baldwin
To describe operant learning experience you must identify 3 elements...
Pavlovian
Operant
The relation between reinforcer size or strength and learning is...
What are the 2 processes in the 2-process theory of avoidance?
Positive punishment
Behavior that depends on smooth muscles and glands is...
Premack Principle
Problem with Premack theory
Advantage of Premack theory
DRI
Racial prejudice probably involves...
Examples of time related schedules
What are the essential elements of Spence Gradient Theory of discrimination? How dies it differ from the Lashley- Wade theory?
Discriminative stimulus
When recruits learn to make their beds correctly bc this gets the drill instructor to stop yelling this illustrates
Responding differently to the senior drill instructor than the regular is an example of?
Marine recruits learn to tell the difference between enlisted personnel and officers by the insignias they wear. These insignias are examples of?
What was the original purpose of imprisonment as a form of criminal justice is the US?
Classical conditioning refers to behaviors that are emitted; operant conditioning refers to behaviors that are elicited
A secondary reinforcer is a stimulus that has reinforcing properties bc it has been associated with other reinforcers
Crossing and recrossing your legs during a lecture is an example of?
For rewards to be effective they must?
The bball coach at Indiana University always used to wear the same red sweater at the games. We can say this resulted from?
The relative value theory of reinforcement should predict that low probability will punish the high probability behaviors they follow (eating pizza after you study will reduce pizza eating)
The difference between + and - punishment is that + punishment suppress behavior by adding an unpleasant stimulus, - punishment suppresses behavior by removing a pleasant stimulus
A certain 2year old hates to go to bed at night. Whenever she sees dad coming with her PJ's she runs and hides. this is a result of?
Suppose I only gave you credit for every 5 questions you answered correctly on a test. What kind of reinforcement schedule would this represent?
Sam is waiting for a train to arrive. As the time for arrive gets closer and closer, Sam looks up more frequently from the book he is reading. His behavior is probably following which schedule of reinforcement?
Joe likes to brag about his son's exploits on the soccer field. Sometimes people just ignore him, but sometimes they listen and smile when he tells his stories. You'd think he would get the message that people don't care, but he persists bragging. His behavior shows evidence of
A good schedule for getting a hyperactive child to calm down is differential reinforcement for low rate (DRL)
If learning to draw human figures helps a child learn to draw animal figures, we would say that + transfer has occurred
If you were really good at telling whether people were lying by recognizing facial features, your ability would be an example of response discrimination
When my daughter was 3 she learned to say STOP when I came to red traffic light and Go when I came to a green light. Jenna's behavior towards the light demonstrated
Abuse refers to actions that lead to a physical or mental harm not just getting people to do something they do not want to do
Punishment crosses the line into abuse when the receiver of the punishment is forced to do something against his or her own will
Partial reinforcement refers to
A continuous reinforcement (CRF) schedule is basically a fixed ratio (FR) schedule (FR-1)
An example of ration strain occurs when a rat is required to exert a strenuous amount of effort each time he presses the bar
As the stimulus generalization gradient becomes steeper, the animal is demonstrating greater discrimination
Which of the following is NOT a source of + transfer?