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Ira and Kevin are watching a cooking show on television. After the television show is over, they go to the supermarket, purchase the ingredients for the dish on the television show, go home and cook it. This scenario is an example of learning.
A)True
B)False
2
Tom and Joan walk into their favorite restaurant, smell the food cooking and notice their stomachs begin to rumble. The rumbling stomach is an example of an unconditioned stimulus (UCS).
A)True
B)False
3
Extinction is a process that helps to eliminate the conditioned response (CR) when it is no longer appropriate.
A)True
B)False
4
Paul stops at a train track when he hears a train's whistle, he runs to his team members' group when he hears his soccer coach's whistle and he quits playing and goes home when he hears his dad's whistle. Paul's identification and response to the different whistles is an example of stimulus generalization.
A)True
B)False
5
The law of effect states that when in a given situation, a response followed by a satisfying consequence will become less likely to occur and a response followed by an annoying consequence will be more likely to occur.
A)True
B)False
6
Classical conditioning is based on a reflexive behavior, whereas operant conditioning is based on the observable consequence of a behavior.
A)True
B)False
7
Positive reinforcement increases the likelihood that a behavior will occur again, and negative reinforcement decreases the likelihood that a behavior will occur again.
A)True
B)False
8
Pat's neighbors play loud music and she can't study for her exams. She goes over to their apartment and asks them to lower the music so she can study. Her neighbors lower the music so low that she can no longer hear it. This scenario is an example of negative reinforcement.
A)True
B)False
9
Research on corporal punishment has indicated that it decreases the parent-child relationship, increases aggressive behavior during childhood and increases the risk of the child as an adult physically abusing their spouse or child.
A)True
B)False
10
Fixed ratio schedule of reinforcement is stronger than a variable interval schedule.
A)True
B)False





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