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Question 1

Joe takes his infant daughter for vaccinations to a doctor. The vaccinations are painful and his daughter starts crying as soon as they enter the doctor’s clinic, even before getting her vaccination.

What is the conditioned stimulus in this example?

Answer 1

The doctor’s clinic

Question 2

A child has been classically conditioned to fear a white rat. If the child does not show fear when shown a black rat, this is called___

Answer 2

Stimulus Discrimination

Question 3

During the cold winter, you have stopped taking your dog for walks. What’s more, your dog has gotten used to the fact that when you accidently rattle his leash, he isn’t going for a walk, and subsequently he doesn’t come running to the front door. What has occurred?

Answer 3

Extinction

Question 4

Negative reinforcement increase respinding: punishment suppresses responding.
True or false

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Children who observed a live adult behave aggressively became more aggressive; those who observed movie and cartoon aggression did not.
True or false

Answer 5

False

Question 6

Postive reinforcement results in a/an ____ in the target behaviour and negative reinforcement results in a/an ____ in the target behavior.

Answer 6

Increase, Increase

Question 7

After moving to a boarding school, Adrianne has started missing her parents a lot. Irrespective of how many letters Adrianne writes to her parents, her parents always send only one letter at the end of every month. What schedule of reinforcement is being used by Adrianne’s parents?

Answer 7

Fixed interval

Question 8

Dan finds his mother’s nagging really annoying. His mother nags him about his messy room until he ends up cleaning it. In this example, his mother’s nagging acts like a _____ for Dan to clean his room.

Answer 8

Negative Reinforcement

Question 9

Children who watch a great deal of televised violence are more prone to be aggressive, an effect that is best explained by____

Answer 9

Obvervational Learning

Question 10

Mr. Vittorino is a hardworking journalist. His senior reviews his work from time to time and compliments him when he does. This motivates Mr. Vittorino to produce good quality work at all times as he is never certain when his work will be reviewed. What schedule of reinforcement is evident here?

Answer 10

Variable interval.