Which of the following is an example of associative learning?

Which of the following is a reflex?

Mark has a fluffy down pillow with some of the down sticking out of the fabric. When he first tries out the pillow, a piece of down tickles his nose and he sneezes. This happens every time he goes to bed. Soon, he sneezes every time he lays down on every pillow. What is the Unconditioned Stimulus?

Little Joshua has just become potty trained but still wets his bed at night. In order to deal with this, his mother puts a pad that is sensitive to dampness under his sheets. When the pad becomes wet, an alarm sounds and Joshua wakes up. After a few nights, he doesn’t even need the alarm, Joshua wakes up when his bladder is full. What is the Conditioned Stimulus?

You and your girlfriend, Jackie had a long, drawn out break up. You fought constantly and she teased you and yelled at you constantly. Months later, you get introduced to a new person named Jackie at a bar and you immediately do not want to get to know her. What is the Unconditioned Response?

You go see a scary movie that has a very distinctive theme song that plays every time right before the killer enters the scene. The next day a commercial for the film comes on TV with the song playing in the background. You begin to feel frightened. What is the Conditioned Response?

Car manufacturers want to increase the use of seatbelts in cars, so they install an alarm that beeps continuously if the seat belt is not in use. When the driver uses the seatbelt, the beeping stops. This is an example of ___.

A professor has a policy of exempting students from the final exam if they maintain perfect attendance during the quarter. His students’ attendance increases dramatically. What is this an example of?

You are trying to teach your fish to swim around the bowl three times. First, you give the fish a food flake if he swims half way around the bowl. Once he has master this, you only give a food flake if he swims in one complete circle. Then you reward two full circles and finally only reward the fish when he makes three complete circles. This is an example of which of the following?

I want to get my cat to stop jumping on the kitchen counter, so each time he does I spray him with water, which he hates. Soon, he stops jumping on the counter. What type of conditioning is this?

Sam decides to play wrestling with an older boy, Rick, who lives down the block. They are having fun until Sam decides to get a stick and play swords. He hits Rick with the stick. Rick is angry but he simply picks up his book bag and goes in the house. Sam is disturbed that his friend left and never hits Rick with the stick again. What is this?

Lupita found that meditating in the evening was very relaxing and put her in a good mood. From that night on, she meditated every night. This behavior can best be explained by

Sari rewards her employees every three weeks if sales are up. What type of reinforcement schedule is she using?

Althoughfarmers put out about the same amount of labor each year, sometimes they sell their grain at harvest time, sometimes in January, and sometimes as late as March. Which schedule of reinforcement is this?

You do piece work in a factory. For every 3 sleeves you sew on garments, you get $.50. What schedule of reinforcement is this?

A vacuum cleaner salesperson does numerous presentations in people’s homes and gets paid a bonus each time he or she sells a vacuum. Sometimes the salesperson does 5 presentations before a customer buys a vacuum, sometimes 2 customers in a row purchase the product. What type of reinforcement schedule is she using?

Jim, a 24-year-old college student, forgot where he left his keys. This type of forgetting is most likely because of absent-mindedness that happened because of ________.

When Jennifer’s mother drops her off at daycare each morning, Jennifer screams and yells. When she does this her mother stays and pays attention to her for a few minutes more. Jennifer’s screaming and crying go on for a long time each morning. Jennifer is receiving _____.

Freddie’s owner forgot to leave food out for him when he left for the day. Freddie knows where the food is stored, but it is high up on a counter. He tries to reach the jar by jumping up. He jumps and jumps but no matter how much he tries, he cannot get up there. Eventually, he just lays on the floor and waits for his owner to come home. Freddie’s behavior displays ___.

Farida cannot remember when she learned how to ride her bike but she still does it with ease. This illustrates Farida's ___.

Winnie is shopping for the items she needs to make a lasagna. She knows there are three things she has forgotten. When she finally remembers green peppers, that makes her think of mushrooms and spinach. This illustrates evidence for ___.

Thad often does the grocery shopping for his family. Before he goes this time, his wife tells him that she no longer likes “Wow!,” the usual type of laundry detergent that you buy, and instead want to try a new brand called “Zam!”. When he is at the store staring at the detergents, he can only think of the old detergent Wow! This illustrates

Haden studies for his Psychology exam by thinking about times when he experienced each of the phenomenon discussed in the text. For example, he remembers the idea of functional fixedness because he thinks about the time he was camping and he didn’t think to use a knife when he couldn’t find a tent peg. Lina studies by saying the terms and definitions over and over to herself and copying them down in her notes. Who is likely to do better on the exam? Why?

Which has the shortest duration

Semantic and episodic memories are both types of

An essay test is most similar to ____ while a multiple choice test is an example of ______.

The ability that humans have to communicate about things that are not right in front of us describes the linguistic features of

To help remember the names of the great lakes, your teacher tells you about the acronym HOMES (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior). This is an example of using _____ to increase memory capacity.

You are visiting the camp you went to as a child. You are telling your friend about your last summer there which was over 10 years ago. You remember a few things but overall your memory is quite fuzzy. Once you arrive and start walking around all of a sudden tons of memories come flooding back, like the food fight in the cafeteria, and the spot where you used to hide during bunk cleaning time. This is an example of _______.

“I made up this great joke,” you say to your friend. You get about two lines into it and your friend interrupts you and says, “I told you that joke!” This happens because of

The area of the brain responsible for holding information in temporary storage and for remembering the sequence of events is the

You are building a bookshelf and cannot figure out how to get the pieces in the box to fit together correctly. You try one way after another after another but the directions provided just don’t make sense. Finally, you just sit and stare at all the pieces, mentally exhausted. All of a sudden you open your eyes wide and say “Oh!” and complete the assembly. This is an example of

Portia is afraid to fly and prefers to drive on long trips because she thinks that plane crashes are more common than car crashes. She is relying on the _____ to make this decision.

Jamal argues that bowling is a sport but Katee says it’s really a game. Their disagreement stems from the fact that concepts like sports and games have fuzzy boundaries because they are __________.