Behavioral Therapies (Schmidt)

Question 1

Learning is the association of things that take place together in time is characteristic of?

Answer 1

Classical conditioning

Question 2

Classical conditioning occurs when?

Answer 2

Pairing an unconditioned stimulus with one that evokes an unconditioned response so that the neutral stimulus eventually comes to evoke that same response (the conditioned stimulus and the conditioned response)

Question 3

In the classic example of Pavlov’s dog, what is the unconditioned stimulus?

What is the unconditioned response?

What is the conditioned stimulus?

What is the conditioned response?

Answer 3

1) Food
2) Salivation
3) Bell ringing
4) Salivation

Question 4

In the Pavlov example, what is characterized by extinguishing the salivation response by exposing dog to food without hearing the bell?

Answer 4

Extinction

Question 5

What is generalization?

Answer 5

When other similar stimuli / situation also becomes the conditioned stimulus for the conditioned response

Question 6

What is the Systematic Desensitization behavioral therapy for phobia?

Answer 6

Pairing feared stimulus with relaxation in order to decrease anxiety

Question 7

Learning is the association of things that take place sequentially is characteristic of?

Answer 7

Operant Conditioning

Question 8

Operant Conditioning occurs when?

Answer 8

1) Responses that have a positive effect are likely to increase
2) Responses that have an unpleasant effect are likely to decrease

Question 9

What does reinforcement result in?

What does punishment result in?

Answer 9

1) Increased behavior

2) Decreased behavior

Question 10

What does positive mean in terms of reinforcement/punishment?

Negative means?

Answer 10

1) Something is added

2) Something is taken away

Question 11

Medicare adds extra money to payment for patient’s visit resulting in physician increasing rate of referring patients for colonoscopy is an example of?

Answer 11

Positive reinforcement

Question 12

Child stops whining when parent buys candy at the cash register so parent learns to buy more candy is an example of?

Answer 12

Negative Reinforcement

Question 13

Child is made to kneel on rice after parent discovers lying leading to decrease in child lying is an example of?

Answer 13

Positive Punishment

Question 14

Freedom is removed by going to jail after committing crime results in decrease in crime is an example of?

Answer 14

Negative Punishment

Question 15

When must reinforcements and punishments occur in relation to the behavior?

Answer 15

They must occur after the behavior