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secondary reinforcers _____ depend on learning 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:09:06 GMT view revision history
primary reinforcers ______ satisfy biological needs 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:08:42 GMT view revision history
in clasical conditioning the stimulus that naturally evokes an unlearned response is the unconditioned response 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:08:42 GMT view revision history
learning that takes palce by pbserving another oerson is reffered to as observational learning 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:08:42 GMT view revision history
the reapperance of a conditioned response after extinction and a period of rest is called? spontaneous recovery 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:08:42 GMT view revision history
punishment ____ the rate of a response decreases 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:05:41 GMT view revision history
negative reinforcement _____ the rate of a response increases 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:05:41 GMT view revision history
when reinforcement for a behavior is removed the consequence will be a short increase in the frequency with which the behavior is performed followed by the weakening and eventual dissappearance of the behavior 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:05:41 GMT view revision history
a species-specific predisposition to be conditioned in certain ways and not otheres is referred to as? preparedness 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:05:41 GMT view revision history
a child asks to be aloowed to stay up an extra half hour more only when his mom is in a good mood. this is an example of? stimulus discrimination 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:02:25 GMT view revision history
if a dog salivates toa blue light and a yellow light the dog is showing evidence of ? stimulus generalization 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:02:25 GMT view revision history
if a dog salivates toa blue light and not a yellow light the dog is showing evidence of ? stimulus discrimination 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:02:25 GMT view revision history
any event that follows a behavior and results in the behavior having a lower propability of happenign in the future is known as? punisher 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:02:25 GMT view revision history
our perception of the brightness of a color is affected mainly by the amplitude of light waves 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:49:48 GMT view revision history
the 2 major cues we use to localize sound sources in space are ? intensity and timing differences at the ears 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:49:48 GMT view revision history
Pitch perception can be best explained by _____ for pitches in the middle ranges frequency and place theory 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:49:48 GMT view revision history
Pitch perception can be best explained by _____ for very high pitched sounds place theory 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:49:48 GMT view revision history
pitch perception can best be explained by _____ for very low pitch sounds? frequency theory 1 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:46:24 GMT view revision history
generally the four basic tastes are considered to be? salty sweet sour and bitter 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:42:52 GMT view revision history
televison sets are able to recreate the entire visible spectrum by additvely mixing 3 primary colors this process is similar to the view of human color vision called? trichromatic theory 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:42:52 GMT view revision history
if a 100-hz tone had to be increased to 110-hz for a subject to just notice the difference you would predict that a 1000hz tone would have to be increased to? 1100 to be noticed 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:42:52 GMT view revision history
the structure of the ear that transduces sound vibrations into nerve impulses is the? cochlea 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:33:01 GMT view revision history
after visual input has been processed in the primary visual cortex, signals are processed further along a numbner of pathways. Information about form and color is processed by the ___? ventral stream 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:33:01 GMT view revision history
interposition refers to? an environmental depth cue in which closer objects overlap objects farther away 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:33:01 GMT view revision history
the sense associated with thes sense of smell is ? olfaction 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:33:01 GMT view revision history
2nd step in a self modification program is? gather baseline data. 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:29:14 GMT view revision history
link between physical punishment and subsequent violent aggressive behavior is propably best explained by? observational learning 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:29:14 GMT view revision history
Skinner said reinforcement determines the aquisition of a response. Bandura said reinforcement determines _____ of a response performance 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:29:14 GMT view revision history
according to Rescova the strength of a CR depends on ____? the % of trials in which the CS and UCS are paried. 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:29:14 GMT view revision history
Nolan loved tequila. One day he drank to much tequilla and became very very sick. his drinking of tequilla decreased in the future due to the sequence of? punishment 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:25:49 GMT view revision history
avoidance response is maintained as a result of ____ conditioning? operant 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:25:49 GMT view revision history
research on avoidance suggests that fear response is aquired through ____ conditioning? classical 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:25:49 GMT view revision history
Positive and Negative reinforcement ___ the rate of responding increases 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:25:49 GMT view revision history
steady rapid responding of a person playing a slot amchine is an example of the pattern of responding typically generated on a _____ schedule? variable - ratio 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:22:50 GMT view revision history
a secondary reinforcer has ____ properites? acquired 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:22:50 GMT view revision history
a primary reinforcer has ____ properites? biological 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:22:50 GMT view revision history
A pigeon in Skinner box is pecking the disk at a high steady rate the graph portraying this pigeons response will have? steep unchanging slope 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:22:50 GMT view revision history
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distinction between 2 types of conditioning is not absolute with other types. Jointly and interactively governing some aspects of behavior?
true 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:19:51 GMT view revision history
phenomenon of higher order conditioning shows? an already established CS can be used in teh place of a natural UCS. 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:19:51 GMT view revision history
Watson & Raymer conditioned Albert to fear white rats by banging a hammer on steel as the child plays with a white rat.Later ALbert also feared white stuffed toys and Santas beard.Alberts fear of these objects can be attributed to? stimulus generalization 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:19:51 GMT view revision history
Sams wife wears the same night gown when shes in the mood everytime sam sees her in it he is aroused. for sam the nightgown is a? conditioned stimulus 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:19:51 GMT view revision history
after repeatedly pairing a tone with meat powder, Pavlov found that a dog will salivate when the tone is preseneted. Salivation to the tone is a? conditioned response 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:14:43 GMT view revision history
study of Kenrick and Gutierres exposing male subjects to a show dominated by extremely beautiful women showed had an effect of? decrease their ratings of the attractiveness of a prospective date. 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:14:43 GMT view revision history
which school painting applied the theory of feature analysis to canvas building figures out of simple features? cubism 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:14:43 GMT view revision history
in what ways is the sense of taste like the sense of smell? the physical stimulus for both senses are chemical substances dissolved in fluid. 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:14:43 GMT view revision history
perception of pitch can best be explained by? both place and frequency theory 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:10:19 GMT view revision history
the fact that cultural groups with less exposure to carpentered buildings are less susceptible to the Muller-Lyer illusion suggests that? perceptual inferences can be shaped by experience 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:10:19 GMT view revision history
in their study of influence of subliminal perception on attitudes, Krosnack and his colleagues found? small but measurable effects. 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:10:19 GMT view revision history
after a six mile run sarah is gazing at a hill she needs to climb to get back to the car. Based on research by Proffit Sarah is likely to? overestimate the hills slant to an even greater degree than she would have before her run. 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:10:19 GMT view revision history
the illusion of movement created by presenting visual stimuli in rapid succesion is called? the phi phenomenon 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:06:03 GMT view revision history
theory that predicts that the American flag would have a green, black, and yellow after image? opponet process theory 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:06:03 GMT view revision history
the visual pathway that has been charachterized as ______ travels through the ventral stream to the temporal lobes? the what pathway 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:06:03 GMT view revision history
the visual pathway that has been charachterized as ______ travels through the dorsal stream to the parietal lobes? the where pathway 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:06:03 GMT view revision history
the collection of rod and cone receptors that funnel signals to a particular visual cell in the retina make up that cells _____ ? receptive field 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:02:21 GMT view revision history
In farsightedness ... the focus of light from close objects falls behind the retina. 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:02:21 GMT view revision history
A tone deaf person would propably not be able to tell 2 musical notes apart unless they were very different. We could say this person has a relatively large? just noticeable difference 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:02:21 GMT view revision history
in psychological research the absolute threshold has been arbitrarily defined as? the stimulus that can be detected 50% of the time. 0 erika Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:02:20 GMT view revision history

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