BCIA Human Learning Principles 1

A patient stops practicing visualization at home because her chronic anxiety has not improved. This best illustrates the concept of ____
extinction, fading, negative reinforcement, punishment

Stephen reduced the number of cigarettes he smokes a day after developing a painful cough he attributed to smoking. This illustrates the operant principle of _
extinction, fading, negative reinforcement, punishment

A computer-based EEG biofeedback training system reveals increasing segments of a scenic picture as a patient increases beta amplitude. The visual display provides _______ reinforcement
negative, noncontingent, primary, secondary

Dawn practices "healthy computing" exercises 15 minutes a day, 5 times a week. This pattern represents _______ practice.
massed, negative, paradoxical, spaced

When we reduce the frequency of feedback a biofeedback patient receives, this is analogous to the operant conditioning procedure of ___
discrimination, extinction, fading, negative reinforcement

When Michael increases frontal alpha to reduce anxiety, this illustrates
avoidance learning, escape learning, positive reinforcement, the premack principle

When Susan increases SMR activity and decreases theta activity following a prodrome to prevent a generalized seizure, this illustrates __
avoidance learning, escape learning, positive reinforcement, the premack principle

A dyslexic child increasingly reports stomach pain since this previously permitted escape from frustrating reading assignments. Which process is involved here
extinction, neg rein, pos rein, punishment

New patients in alcohol treatment unit are introduced to a program graduate who is praised by the staff for his sobriety and success in increasing alpha/theta amplitude. If this increases the new patients' efforts to learn to modify their own EEG activity, this illustrates the principle of
generalization, negative reinforcement, positive reinforcement, vicarious reinforcement

Seligman's concept of learned helplessness, where patients stop trying to cope due to lack of success, can be best explained by the operant conditioning principle of
discrimination, extinction, generalization, punishment

An active placebo is an __
inert drug, inert drug delivered with demand characteristics to positively manipulate expectancies, inert drug that successfully reduces symtoms, inert drug with an ingredient to produce side effects

You have not complied with your patient's attempts to schedule sessions in the evening when your office is closed. After two months of no rescheduling requests, your patient repeatedly raises the issue. This pattern illustrates the phenomenon of ___
covert learning, extinction, generalization, spontaneous recovery

A skill like increasing beta amplitude is considered "voluntary" when it can be elicited by __
discriminative stimuli, instructions, punishments, rewards

Catherine's muscle relaxation practice has progressed so that she can reduce muscle bracing at both the computer keyboard and when she is driving in rush hour traffic. This illustrates the operant principle of _
discrimination, extinction, generalization, positive reinforcement

A therapist reinforces a child's reduction of theta amplitude by playing music whenever a training goal is met. How does the music aid EEG biofeedback training
directly increasing learning, increasing motivation to perform, reducing drive, restoring homeostasis