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PS420 Learning Theories Exam 3 Answers (Ashworth College)

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D. All of the above<br />

Question 9 of 20<br />

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Which of the following is an example of a conditioned reinforcer?<br />

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A. Food<br />

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B. Warmth<br />

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C. Sexual stimulation<br />

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D. A good grade on an exam<br />

Question 10 of 20<br />

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In a response chain, the weakest response is usually:<br />

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A. the response at the beginning of the chain.<br />

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B. the response at the end of the chain.<br />

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C. the last response the individual learns.<br />

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D. the first response the individual learns.<br />

Question 11 of 20<br />

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A modern term for the law of effect is:<br />

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A. reinforcement.<br />

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B. classical conditioning.<br />

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C. evolution.<br />

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D. generalization.<br />

Question 12 of 20<br />

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The Brelands usually observed "instinctive drift" in their animals:<br />

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A. early in training.<br />

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B. after a response had been successfully learned.<br />

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C. during extinction.<br />

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D. when the animals were not highly motivated to work for food.<br />

Question 13 of 20<br />

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The biggest problem with the superstition explanation of autoshaped behaviors is that:<br />

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A. autoshaped responses persist even when each response cancels the reinforce delivery.<br />

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B. the autoshaped response is sometimes very different from the unconditioned response to the reinforcer.<br />

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C. the form of the autoshaped response varies with the type of reinforcer that is used.

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