A+ Answers of the following Questions

1.  Question :  Vmax in Rescorla-Wagner mathematical equation of surprise represents:
the amount of time it takes a US and CS to become completely associated.
the number of trials in which a US and CS are paired.
the stable value the learning curve approaches but never quite reaches.
The y-axis on the learning curve graph.

2.  Question :  According to the model ∆V = c (Vmax – V), preexposure to a stimulus:
should make the result negative.
should not affect the outcome.
should increase the outcome.
should decrease the outcome.

3.  Question :  Someone with damage to their hippocampus will be able to remember the feeling of fear but will not:
remember why they felt afraid.
show a reaction on a GSR test.
remember why they have brain damage.
who conducted the experiment.

1.  Question :  Classroom teachers, psychologists and parents alike can use all but which of the following techniques which have been proven to help reinforce a modified behavior with children in their care?
Fading
Corporal punishment
Reinforcement in a variety of settings
Partial reinforcement

2.  Question :  Providing a reward based on the number of cars sold every month is an example of:
contingency schedule.
operant schedule.
interval schedule.
ratio schedule.

3.  Question :  Is it possible that certain behaviors can be altered just by positive reinforcement?
No, because human behavior is unpredictable no matter what the circumstances.
Yes, provided that the reinforcement is coherently and systematically enforced.
No, because reinforcement is only one way of changing behavior.
Yes, because positive reinforcement is a guarantee that negative behaviors will never reappear no matter how they are implemented.

1.  Question :  Thorndike’s research about learning revealed that cats had the capacity to learn in an apparatus called a puzzle box. The time between when the cat was placed in the box and the time when the cat performed the desired task is called:
latency.
reinforcement.
conditioned response.
interval schedule.

2.  Question :  How might the reinforcement of competence lead to a person’s increased feelings of enjoyment and interest in the performance of a required task?
The reinforcement is contingent upon the frequency of an accomplished task.
The reinforcement is linked strictly to a monetary reward.
The reinforcement is linked to feelings of being controlled until the task is completed.
The reinforcement is linked to the quality of the performance rather than just the completion of it.

3.  Question :  Primary reinforcers are:
partially learned and partially innate.
learned.
effective from birth.
partially innate.

1.  Question :  Dicky’s resistance to change his behaviour was due to:
a diminished mental capacity.
a diminished capacity to see.
a diminished value of the reinforcer.
a diminished effort of the medical personnel.

2.  Question :  Lepper, Green, and Nisbett (1973) studied the effects of reward on children’s drawings. They found that reward:
improved the quality of the drawings.
increased long-term interest in drawing.
increased interest in some children, but decreased it in others.
decreased interest in all children.

3.  Question :  The Yerkes-Dodson law indicates the maximum level of motivation for solving problems is:
higher for difficult problems.
lower for difficult problems.
unchanged for difficult problems.
not related to the difficulty of the problems.

1.  Question :  The difference between reinforcement and conditioning is the presentation of the reinforcement in relation to the presence of the reinforcement:
before the response and before the stimulus.
after the response and before the stimulus.
after the response and after the stimulus.
before the response and after the stimulus.

2.  Question :  Lepper, Green, and Nisbett (1973) studied the effects of reward on children’s drawings. They found that reward:
improved the quality of the drawings.
increased long-term interest in drawing.
increased interest in some children, but decreased it in others.
decreased interest in all children.

3.  Question :  Is it possible that certain behaviors can be altered just by positive reinforcement?
No, because human behavior is unpredictable no matter what the circumstances.
Yes, provided that the reinforcement is coherently and systematically enforced.
No, because reinforcement is only one way of changing behavior.
Yes, because positive reinforcement is a guarantee that negative behaviors will never reappear no matter how they are implemented.