71.Which view holds that behavior is completely determined by environmental and genetic influences?
A)the Law of Effect
B)radical behaviorism
C)behavior modification
D)programmed instruction
E)cognitive learning
72.Thorndike is to _____ as Skinner is to _______.
A)classical conditioning; Law of Effect
B)classical conditioning; operant conditioning
C)operant conditioning; classical conditioning
D)Law of Effect; classical conditioning
E)Law of Effect; operant conditioning
73.The process of learning in which the consequences of a response determine the probability that the response will be repeated is called
A)classical conditioning.
B)operant conditioning.
C)insight learning.
D)observational learning.
E)latent learning.
74.Operant conditioning is also known as
A)classical conditioning.
B)vicarious learning.
C)observational learning.
D)instrumental learning.
E)cognitive learning
75.Graduate student Charisse Goldberg conducted operant conditioning trials with a laboratory rat. Goldberg trained the animal to press a lever to earn a food pellet. The rat successfully learned to press the lever. In the language of operant conditioning, what is the animal’s learned response called?
A)a higher-order conditioned response
B)a vicariously learned response
C)a reconditioned response
D)a latent response
E)an operant response
76.Which of the following is the best definition of reinforcer?
A)a response that operates on the environment to produce certain consequences
B)a stimulus or event that increases the probability that the response it follows will be repeated
C)behavior acquired through coincidental association of a response and a reinforcement
D)a cue that signals that reinforcement is available if the subject makes a particular response
E)the introduction of an aversive stimulus after a response occurs
77.Your significant other gives you a compliment, and you smile at him/her. The probability that s/he will give you another compliment increases. This is an example of which type of learning?
A)Latent learning
B)Insight learning
C)Observational learning
D)Classical conditioning
E)Instrumental learning
78.Skinner found that coincidental association of a behavior and a reinforcement may result in
A)extinction.
B)superstitious behavior.
C)stimulus discrimination.
D)taste aversions.
E)the development of phobias.
79.Regarding operant conditioning, which of the following statements is FALSE?
A)Positive reinforcement leads to strengthening of response, whereas negative reinforcement leads to weakening of response.
B)Discriminative stimuli set the stage for reinforcement.
C)Organisms are capable of learning complex behaviors through reinforcement of successive approximations to the desired behaviors.
D)Some reinforcers are rewarding because they satisfy basic biological needs, whereas others acquire reward value through experience.
E)Extinction is achieved by no longer reinforcing the desired response.
80.A discriminative stimulus signals that
A)reinforcement is available for a particular response.
B)an unconditioned stimulus is about to be presented.
C)a conditioned stimulus is about to be presented.
D)a neutral stimulus is about to be presented.
E)an approximately correct response will receive reinforcement.
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