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Changes controlled by a genetic blueprint, such as increase in height or the size of the brain, are examples of ________________. |
Maturation |
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Pavlov placed meat powder in the mouths of dogs, and they began to salivate. The food acted as a (an) ________________. |
Unconditioned Stimulus |
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Rescorla's modern conceptualization of classical conditioning is based on the idea that ___________________. |
The CS has to provide information about the coming of the UCS |
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Thorndike was known for his work with ________________. |
A puzzle box |
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Under what circumstances will a reinforcer make the target response more likely to occur again? |
Regardless of whether it is a positive or negative reinforcer, a reinforcer makes a response more likely to occur |
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What has occurred when there is a decrease in the likelihood or rate of a target response? |
Negative reinforcement |
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When Keller and Marian Breland, two psychologists who became animal trainers, decided that it would be cute to have a pig drop a wooden coin into the box, they found that _____________. |
The pig displayed instinctive drift by dropping the coin, rooting, and throwing the coin in the air |
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College students faced with unsolvable problems eventually give up and make only half-hearted attempts to solve new problems, even when the new problems can be solved easily. This behavior is probably due to __________________. |
Learned helplessness |
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Learning that occurs but is not immediately reflected in behavior change is called __________________. |
Latent learning |
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Cheryl is trying to teach her son to do laundry by watching her. According to observational learning theory, to be effective what must occur? |
Her son must be motivated to learn how to do laundry |
