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Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)

5th Edition

ISBN:9780134477961

Author:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White

Publisher:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White

Chapter1: The Science Of Psychology

Section: Chapter Questions

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1. Marla moved to a new school and hasn't had much luck making friends. Another new girl in her class smiled at her in first period, so Marla considered saying "hi," but didn't, thinking, "Why bother? No one likes me." Marla's behavior BEST exemplifies:

latent learning.

learned helplessness.

shaping.

observational learning.

2.Eight-year-old Candy just knocked over a political sign on her neighbor's lawn. How would Albert Bandura MOST likely explain this behavior?

Candy saw an adult knock over a similar sign.
	The sign is a conditioned stimulus for Candy.
	Candy was reinforced for doing it in the past.
	Candy is going through an extinction burst.

3.Nu-Chu hates getting shots and always cringes when a hospital show on TV shows a doctor giving a patient an injection. This set of behaviors would MOST likely be controlled by:

operant conditioning.
	classical conditioning
	mirror neurons.
	shaping.

4.Two-year-old Corwin sees his cousin Alexis get excited when hearing the theme song for an animated movie she likes. Now when Corwin hears that song, he starts jumping up and down excitedly. What MOST likely happened?

spontaneous recovery

operant conditioning

vicarious conditioning

observational conditioning

5. After a bad breakup, Scarlett was crying and there was a specific song playing on the radio that made Scarlett cry even more. For the next few months, whenever that song came on the radio, Scarlett would get choked up and teary-eyed. Finally, after about 6 months, Scarlett would hear that particular song and no longer react emotionally. A year later, however, the song came on the radio, and suddenly Scarlett felt herself get choked up again. This latter response is BEST described as:

extinction.
	discrimination.
	spontaneous recovery.
	generalization.

6. Sam gives his cat a good bit of affection when it jumps up on his desk. Even if Sam is busy working at his desk and there are papers covering the desktop, Sam's cat continues to jump up on the desk to get petted. The cat's behavior is MOST likely due to the learning process of: