Physchology 1A Chapter 5 Quiz

Front 1

Growth cycles

Back 1

Changes controlled bya genentic blueprint, such as an increase in height or the size of the brain

Front 2

Classical Conditioning

Back 2

Learning to make a reflex response to a stimulus other than to the original, natural stimulus

Front 3

Unconditioned Stimulus

Back 3

Pavlov placed meat meat powder in the mouths of dogs, and they began to salivate, The food acted as an

Front 4

Stimulus Generalization

Back 4

The tendency to respond to a stimulus that is similar to the original conditioned stimulus

Front 5

A Loud Noise

Back 5

What was the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) in the case of little Albert?

Front 6

Operant Conditioning

Back 6

A Skinner box is most likely to be used in research on

Front 7

Under wha circumstances will a reinforcer make the target response more likely to occur again?

Back 7

Regardless of whether it is a positive or negative reinforcer, a reinforcer makes a response more likely to occur

Front 8

Al must build 25 radios before he receives a $20, What schedule of reinforecement is being used?

Back 8

A Fixed-ratio schedule

Front 9

Learning that occurs but is not immediately reflected in a behavior change is called....

Back 9

Latent Learning

Front 10

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

Back 10

Contingency blocking