Beth received a painful shock while turning on her television. Now she reacts with fear whenever she sees a television. What is the television in this example?
a. neutral stimulus
b. reinforced stimulus
c. conditioned stimulus
d. unconditioned stimulus
Answer: c.
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Car manufacturers try to encourage drivers to buckle their seat belts through the use of reinforcement. As you know, if you start your car without buckling up, you will hear an annoying sound. If you learn to buckle up after hearing the sound, you show ____. If you acquire the response of buckling up before you turn on the ignition, you show ____
a. avoidance learning; escape learning b. escape learning; avoidance learning c. punishment; escape learning d. punishment; avoidance learning
According to Erikson, the major task during young adulthood is successful achievement of
a. a unified sense of self. b. meaningful relationships with others. c. personal and civic responsibility. d. a stable identity and personality structure.
Which of the following analyses of cognitive development is in strict accordance with a Piaget-type analysis?
A. Malik learned to put on a shirt by being shown to do so in stages by his mother. B. Nia learned to use a fork by watching her father use a fork. C. Robert learned to throw a ball by individual practice and being taught by his sister. D. Sandra learned to discriminate between orange juice and lemon juice by tasting them.
Applications of Eysenck's Theory
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).