Learning (Identifying Situations Study Guide)

UCS- root canal
UCR- pain
CS- drill
CR- fear
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UCS- root canal
UCR- pain
CS- drill
CR- fear
A friend has learned to associate the sound of a dentist's drill to a fearful reaction because of a painful experience she had getting a root canal.
UCS- pretty people
UCR- pleasant feeling
CS- car
CR- pleasant feeling
A BMW commercial has lots of pretty people in it. People who watch the commercial associate the car with a pleasant feeling because of the attractive people.
UCS- accident
UCR- pain/trauma
CS- car
CR- anxiety
You get in a car accident and you are afraid to get in your car.
UCS- ticket
UCR- displeasure of fine, trouble
CS- police lights
CR- increased heart rate
You are cruising on the highway at 75 mph when you see flashing police lights behind you. You pull over and a policeman gives you a ticket. You get in trouble with your parents. The next time you see police lights, your heart rate increases.
fixed ratio
Paid $10 for every 20 puzzles solved
variable interval
Studying for a class that has surprise quizzes
variable ratio
slot machines are based on this schedule
variable interval
trolling for a fish in a lake
variable interval
speed traps on highways
variable ratio
selling a product door to door
fixed intervalgetting the clothes out of the dryer once it buzzesfixed ratiogoing up a staircase to reach a landing with a nice viewfixed ratiodoing 20 pushups to help stay fitvariable ratioplaying bingofixed intervalgetting a paycheck at the end of two weeksvariable intervalrandom drug testingvariable ratioa strike in bowlingvariable intervalcalling your mechanic to see if your car is fixedfixed ratiofrequent flyer program where on gets a free flight after a specific number of miles flownvariable ratiochild screams and cries in store to get what he wants, every so often it worksfixed intervalchild who likes to hear theme music from Jeopardy every night at 7PMvariable ratiotrying to find a parking spot in city with a meter that worksfixed intervalwhile on vacation, the porch house light turns on every night at 5pmvariable intervalwating for a sunny day to go to the beachvariable intervalsurfer waiting for the perfect wavevariable ratiolooking under rocks for wormsnegative punishmenta student is dropped from all of his classes for cheating on a testpositive reinforcementa mother smiles whenever her child utters "mama"positive punishmentat a party, a husband becomes sullen when his wife flirts witha colleague.positive reinforcementat your office, the Employee of the Month gets a reserved parking spacenegative punishmenta child is put in a chair facing the corner for misbehavingpositive reinforcementa child receives $5 for earning good gradesnegative reinforcementa rat presses a lever to terminate electric shocknegative reinforcementa wife is nagging her husband to take out the trashnegative reinforcementa man uses a condom to reduce the risk of STDsnegative punishmenta prisoner loses TV priveleges for a week for a rule violationnegative punishmenta father refuses to allow his daughter to attend a sleep-over after discover she stole a candy bar from the storepositive reinforcementa parent puts a quarter in a child's piggy bank for each "nice" thing the child doesnegative reinforcmenta parent removes a quarter for each "mean or selfish" thing the child doesnegative punishmentany day that Kelly forgets to do her homework, her parents send her to bed after dinner.positive punishmentJohn doesn't go to the dentist until a tooth really hurts.positive reinforcementa student jumps up & down and yells "me, me!" until the teacher calls on her and now the child jumps up and down even more