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Psychology Help Please!
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Hey everyone,

I have a few questions from an assignment I wanted other opinions on, I couldn't find solid answers in the book anywhere!

Any help is greatly appreciated Smile

1. Which of the following would be an example of learning, according to the definition in the text book?

- A spider spins it's first web
- Andy rides his bike withou training wheels for the first time
- The newborn calf stands up and begins to walk
- Now that heis 6 feet 5 inches, Michael can dunk a basketball

2. Ten year old Brittany found herself to be the most popular girl in her class, shortly after moving to a new schoo. The positive association that was benefiting her was the result of?

- clinical conditioning
- observational learning
- operant conditioning
- classical conditioning

3. For several weeks Allen had to cleam the mens restroom at the place he worked. The task always made him nauseous. He has since changed joba, but still cannot walk by the door to a mens restroom without becoming slighlty quesy. For allen, the door to the mens room has become a(n)

- unconditioned stimulus
- conditioned stimulus
- reflecive stimulus
- uncondtioned response

4. Allison s a model, so cameras and flash bulbs are a big part of her life. Her pupils respond to the click of the camera by contracting slightly, even when a flashbulb is not being used. This contraction of her pupils in the absence of the flash is an example of

- unconditioend response
- discriminatory response
- conditioned response
- reflexive response

5. Billy often throws tantrums in stores if his mom does not give in to his requests for candy. She usually ignores his tantrum, but every so often she gices in when it is inconveient to argue. He is being reinforced on which schedule?

- fixed ratio
- variable ratio
- variable interval
- fixed interval

Any ideas? Out of 100, these are the five giving me a rough time!
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Psychology Help Please! - by SweetSummer17 - 06-23-2011, 01:30 PM
Psychology Help Please! - by cookderosa - 06-23-2011, 03:08 PM
Psychology Help Please! - by andy3000 - 06-23-2011, 11:26 PM
Psychology Help Please! - by ShotoJuku - 06-24-2011, 08:30 AM
Psychology Help Please! - by alleycat - 06-24-2011, 09:27 AM
Psychology Help Please! - by cookderosa - 06-24-2011, 09:54 AM
Psychology Help Please! - by alleycat - 06-24-2011, 09:57 AM
Psychology Help Please! - by Lindagerr - 06-24-2011, 09:58 AM

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