Ethan must build 25 radios before he receives $20. what schedule of reinforcement is being used?

Changes controlled by a genetic blueprint, such as an increase in height or the size of the brain, are examples of __________.

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

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Pavlov placed food in the mouths of dogs, and they began to salivate. The food acted as a(n) __________.

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

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Sophia is trying to teach her son, Oliver, to do the laundry by having him watch her. According to observational learning theory, to be effective what must occur?

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The foremost proponent of observational learning theory is __________.

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For every five times that you go to the gym each week, you reward yourself with a treat. This best illustrates which of the following schedules of reinforcement?

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Rescorla's modern conceptualization of classical conditioning is based on the idea that __________.

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Neurofeedback, a newer type of biofeedback, involves trying to change __________.

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An example of a discriminative stimulus is __________.

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

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Learning that takes place without actual performance (a kind of latent learning) is called __________.

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Ethan must build 25 radios before he receives $20. What schedule of reinforcement is being used?

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What has occurred when there is a decrease in the likelihood or rate of a target response?

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Learning to make a reflex response to a stimulus other than to the original, natural stimulus is called _________.

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Thorndike was known for his work with __________.

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

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The "aha!" experience is known as __________.

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What was the conditioned stimulus (CS) in the case of Little Albert?

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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 __________.

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

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

What has occurred when there is a decrease in the likelihood or rate of a target response?

Punishment A. Punishment occurs when a stimulus delivered to an organism decreases the rate, or probability, of a response that preceded it.

What is it called when learning takes place without actual performance?

the learning/performance distinction. Learning that takes place without actual performance (a kind of latent learning) is called the learning/performance distinction.

Is an operant conditioning procedure in which successive?

Shaping is an operant conditioning procedure in which successive approximations of a desired response are reinforced.