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In classical conditioning, a stimulus that does not initially elicit any response is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Which of the following is NOT a primary reinforcer?Read the answer and worked solution →Observational learning, in which we learn by watching and imitating others, was proposed by:Read the answer and worked solution →According to Bandura, the four steps of the modeling process occur in which order?Read the answer and worked solution →Positive reinforcement is best described as:Read the answer and worked solution →A slot machine pays out after an unpredictable number of plays. This is which reinforcement schedule?Read the answer and worked solution →In the Little Albert study, the unconditioned stimulus was:Read the answer and worked solution →After a conditioned response has been extinguished, it reappears following a rest period. This is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Little Albert came to fear a rabbit, a furry coat and a Santa Claus mask after being conditioned to fear a white rat. This illustrates:Read the answer and worked solution →A car beeps until the driver fastens the seatbelt, and the beeping then stops. Fastening the seatbelt is strengthened by:Read the answer and worked solution →A parent takes away a child's favourite toy after the child misbehaves, and the misbehaviour drops. This is:Read the answer and worked solution →A hospital patient may press a button for pain medication, but the pump delivers at most one dose per hour. This is which schedule?Read the answer and worked solution →A child sees her older sister given a time-out for playing with their mother's make-up, and then avoids the make-up herself. This is:Read the answer and worked solution →Which reinforcement schedule is the most productive and the most resistant to extinction?Read the answer and worked solution →How does habituation differ from extinction?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the wrong line on conditioningRead the answer and worked solution →Place each item in its conditioningRead the answer and worked solution →The three basic functions of memory are encoding, storage and:Read the answer and worked solution →Remembering what you ate for lunch without trying is an example of:Read the answer and worked solution →The encoding of words and their meaning is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Craik and Tulving found verbal information is best remembered when encoded:Read the answer and worked solution →Better memory for information that relates to oneself is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Atkinson and Shiffrin's 1968 model says memory passes through sensory memory, short-term memory and:Read the answer and worked solution →In Baddeley and Hitch's working memory model, the part that controls information flow is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Short-term memory storage lasts about:Read the answer and worked solution →George Miller's 1956 review reported the capacity of short-term memory as:Read the answer and worked solution →Peterson and Peterson's trigram study concluded that short-term memory decays in:Read the answer and worked solution →Previously learned information interfering with learning new information is:Read the answer and worked solution →Long-term memory storage capacity is believed to be:Read the answer and worked solution →Hearing peanut butter and thinking jelly shows memories organised in:Read the answer and worked solution →

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In classical conditioning, a stimulus that does not initially elicit any response is called:

  1. An unconditioned stimulus
  2. A conditioned stimulus
  3. A neutral stimulus
  4. An unconditioned response
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Correct answer: C. A neutral stimulus

1. The four labels in classical conditioning are defined by what a stimulus does before and after training. 2. An unconditioned stimulus already elicits a reflex with no training at all. 3. A neutral stimulus is one that does not initially elicit a response; Pavlov's tone began as exactly this. 4. Once the neutral stimulus has been repeatedly paired with the unconditioned stimulus, the same stimulus is renamed the conditioned stimulus. _Source: OpenStax Psychology (1st ed., CC BY 4.0), Ch 6 "Learning", §6.2 Classical Conditioning_

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Which of the following is NOT a primary reinforcer?

  1. Food
  2. Water
  3. Sleep
  4. Money
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Correct answer: D. Money

1. A primary reinforcer has innate reinforcing qualities and is not learned. 2. Food, water, sleep, shelter, sex and touch all satisfy needs directly, so all are primary reinforcers. 3. Money has no inherent value and reinforces only because it can be exchanged for other things. 4. Money is therefore a secondary reinforcer; the chapter makes the point that stacks of money on a remote island would reinforce nothing. _Source: OpenStax Psychology (1st ed., CC BY 4.0), Ch 6 "Learning", §6.3 Operant Conditioning_

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Observational learning, in which we learn by watching and imitating others, was proposed by:

  1. F. Skinner
  2. Albert Bandura
  3. John B. Watson
  4. Edward Thorndike
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Correct answer: B. Albert Bandura

1. Skinner and Watson were strict behaviourists who explained learning through direct consequences and observable stimulus-response links. 2. Thorndike contributed the law of effect, which underpins operant conditioning. 3. Bandura proposed social learning theory, arguing that internal mental states matter and that learning can occur without external reinforcement. 4. Observational learning, learning by watching a model, is therefore Bandura's contribution. _Source: OpenStax Psychology (1st ed., CC BY 4.0), Ch 6 "Learning", §6.4 Observational Learning (Modeling)_

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