Operant conditioning is a learning process in which subjects learn to associate ________.

A. their own behaviors with specific consequences

B. unconditioned responses with conditioned stimuli

C. the actions of others with their own responses

D. unconditioned stimuli with conditioned responses

38. Dr. Rashinji investigates the strategies students use to solve complex physics problems. He is especially interested in what students are thinking at various stages in reaching a solution. Dr. Rashinji is studying A) classical conditioning B) prepared learning C) operant conditioning D) learning via modelling E) cognitive learning

30. Ralph is attempting to use classical conditioning to train his dog to salivate when he hears a click. To do this he gives the dog some food and then activates his clicker 5 seconds later. So far Ralph is disappointed because his dog is not learning to salivate at the sound of the clicker. The reason why the dog is not learning is that A) the 5 second delay is too long B) the clicker should be activated after he feeds the dog C) the dog is learning, but its performance does not yet reflect it D) it is only possible to train dogs with operant conditioning E) there is not enough information given to determine why the dog is not learning

37. Sarah discovers that reading her text over the course of several evenings prior to a test in her chemistry class is a very effective study strategy. She decides to try the same tactic in preparing for her psychology exam. Her study behavior has A) been put under control of a discriminative stimulus B) been extinguished C) generalized D) been classically conditioned E) been produced as a result of learning through observation