Latest Update Exam Psychology 387 -
Learning (Athabasca) - Final Study Guide (1)
400+ Questions and 100% Verified Correct
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1.____ is a counterconditioning procedure in which fear stimuli are
placed on a hierarchy scale from least to most fearful. The individual is
then trained to relax and with the therapist they work through those fear
stimuli from least to most
a. systematic desensitization
b. virtual reality exposure therapy
c. trace therapy
d. aversion therapy - ANSWER systematic desensitization
2. The distinctive characteristic of the Sidman avoidance procedure is:
a. the aversive event is signaled
b. the aversive event is not signaled
c. the aversive event is signaled twice
d. there is now aversive event - ANSWER the aversive event is not
signaled
3. The first step in chaining is to break the task down into its component
elements. This is called:
a. applied investigation
b. unchaining
c. task analysis
d. component analysis - ANSWER task analysis
4. One idea for preventing learned helplessness is _______ training.
a. self-esteem
b. inoculation
,c. immunization
d. reality - ANSWER immunization
True/False: Reprimands, restraints, captivity and electric shocks can be
reinforcers? - ANSWER True
True/False: Negative reinforcement and punishment are synonomyus -
ANSWER False
5. Negative reinforcement is sometimes called ____ learning -
ANSWER escape learning
6. _____ theory assumes that a behaviour becomes reinforcing when we
are prevented from performing it as often as we normally would. -
ANSWER response-deprivation theory
7. The schedule that is not an intermittent schedule is _________.
a. FR 1
b. FR 5
c. VR 1
d. VR 1" - ANSWER FR 1
8. Derenne and Baron (2002) suggest that procrastination (pausing
before work) may be a function of:
a. behavioural laziness
b. ratio strain
c. availability of other reinforcers
d. subordinate run rates - ANSWER availability of other reinforcers
9. In a _____ schedule, reinforcement is contingent on the continuous
performance of a behaviour for some period of time.
a. fixed duration
b. continuous reinforcement
c. fixed tome
d. DPH - ANSWER fixed duration
,10. True/False: Staats and Staats research showed that if a negative word
is paired with a certain ethnicity or race, negative feelings to the
ethnicity/race are not more likely. - ANSWER False
11. True/False: Parish et al. changed white children's feelings towards
African American people from negative to more positive. - ANSWER
False
12. True/False: Olsson et al. were able to shift white people's feeling
about African Americans to more positive but it took many trials -
ANSWER True
13. _____ are activities that some people get sexual pleasure from that
other members of society deem perverse or unnatural.
a. aversions
b. paraphilias
c. reflexes
d. allergies - ANSWER paraphilias
14. Pfister et al. trained ____ to not eat locoweed, which is very toxic.
This showed a practical use of aversion therapy.
a. cows
b. horses
c. llamas
d. donkeys - ANSWER horses
15.____ was the first person to conduct experiments on the role of
conditioning and marketing.
a. Pfister
b. Garcia
c. Maletzky
d. Gorn - ANSWER Gorn
, 16. True/False: Gibson tried to see if her could sway people's preference
from Coke to Pepsi by pairing one with positive images and the other
with negative images. He was successful in this. - ANSWER False
17. ____ can perhaps be a treatment for drug use because it can weaken
the influence of conditioned stimulus (needles, places etc.)
a. extinction
b. overshadowing
c. blocking
d. latent inhibition - ANSWER extinction
18. True/ False: Woodruff-Pak and colleagues found that adults who
learned poorly through conditioning were much more likely to develop
dementia later in life. - ANSWER True
19. Sally is allergic to flowers, they cause her to sneeze violently. One-
day, Sally saw some flowers in a picture and she sneezed violently. This
is an example of:
a. overshadowing
b. blocking
c. conditioned allergic reaction
d. allergy medicine withdrawal - ANSWER conditioned allergic reaction
20. E.L. Thorndike's studies of learning started as an attempt to
understand:
a. operant conditioning
b. the psychic reflex
c. animal intelligence
d. maze learning - ANSWER animal intelligence
21.Thorndike complained that _______ evidence provided a
"supernormal psychology of animals."
a. anecdotal
b. case study
c. informal experiments
Learning (Athabasca) - Final Study Guide (1)
400+ Questions and 100% Verified Correct
Answers Guaranteed GRADED at A+
1.____ is a counterconditioning procedure in which fear stimuli are
placed on a hierarchy scale from least to most fearful. The individual is
then trained to relax and with the therapist they work through those fear
stimuli from least to most
a. systematic desensitization
b. virtual reality exposure therapy
c. trace therapy
d. aversion therapy - ANSWER systematic desensitization
2. The distinctive characteristic of the Sidman avoidance procedure is:
a. the aversive event is signaled
b. the aversive event is not signaled
c. the aversive event is signaled twice
d. there is now aversive event - ANSWER the aversive event is not
signaled
3. The first step in chaining is to break the task down into its component
elements. This is called:
a. applied investigation
b. unchaining
c. task analysis
d. component analysis - ANSWER task analysis
4. One idea for preventing learned helplessness is _______ training.
a. self-esteem
b. inoculation
,c. immunization
d. reality - ANSWER immunization
True/False: Reprimands, restraints, captivity and electric shocks can be
reinforcers? - ANSWER True
True/False: Negative reinforcement and punishment are synonomyus -
ANSWER False
5. Negative reinforcement is sometimes called ____ learning -
ANSWER escape learning
6. _____ theory assumes that a behaviour becomes reinforcing when we
are prevented from performing it as often as we normally would. -
ANSWER response-deprivation theory
7. The schedule that is not an intermittent schedule is _________.
a. FR 1
b. FR 5
c. VR 1
d. VR 1" - ANSWER FR 1
8. Derenne and Baron (2002) suggest that procrastination (pausing
before work) may be a function of:
a. behavioural laziness
b. ratio strain
c. availability of other reinforcers
d. subordinate run rates - ANSWER availability of other reinforcers
9. In a _____ schedule, reinforcement is contingent on the continuous
performance of a behaviour for some period of time.
a. fixed duration
b. continuous reinforcement
c. fixed tome
d. DPH - ANSWER fixed duration
,10. True/False: Staats and Staats research showed that if a negative word
is paired with a certain ethnicity or race, negative feelings to the
ethnicity/race are not more likely. - ANSWER False
11. True/False: Parish et al. changed white children's feelings towards
African American people from negative to more positive. - ANSWER
False
12. True/False: Olsson et al. were able to shift white people's feeling
about African Americans to more positive but it took many trials -
ANSWER True
13. _____ are activities that some people get sexual pleasure from that
other members of society deem perverse or unnatural.
a. aversions
b. paraphilias
c. reflexes
d. allergies - ANSWER paraphilias
14. Pfister et al. trained ____ to not eat locoweed, which is very toxic.
This showed a practical use of aversion therapy.
a. cows
b. horses
c. llamas
d. donkeys - ANSWER horses
15.____ was the first person to conduct experiments on the role of
conditioning and marketing.
a. Pfister
b. Garcia
c. Maletzky
d. Gorn - ANSWER Gorn
, 16. True/False: Gibson tried to see if her could sway people's preference
from Coke to Pepsi by pairing one with positive images and the other
with negative images. He was successful in this. - ANSWER False
17. ____ can perhaps be a treatment for drug use because it can weaken
the influence of conditioned stimulus (needles, places etc.)
a. extinction
b. overshadowing
c. blocking
d. latent inhibition - ANSWER extinction
18. True/ False: Woodruff-Pak and colleagues found that adults who
learned poorly through conditioning were much more likely to develop
dementia later in life. - ANSWER True
19. Sally is allergic to flowers, they cause her to sneeze violently. One-
day, Sally saw some flowers in a picture and she sneezed violently. This
is an example of:
a. overshadowing
b. blocking
c. conditioned allergic reaction
d. allergy medicine withdrawal - ANSWER conditioned allergic reaction
20. E.L. Thorndike's studies of learning started as an attempt to
understand:
a. operant conditioning
b. the psychic reflex
c. animal intelligence
d. maze learning - ANSWER animal intelligence
21.Thorndike complained that _______ evidence provided a
"supernormal psychology of animals."
a. anecdotal
b. case study
c. informal experiments
