Classical Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
Learning and Personal Control
Important Psychologists
Theories of Learning
100
A stimulus which elicits no response prior to conditioning

Neutral Stimulus

100

Negative reinforcement is likely to _____ the behavior it follows.

Increase/strengthen
100

Someone who believes they control their own fate has a _____.

Internal Locus of Control

100

I got dogs to salivate at the sound of a metronome. Who am I?

Ivan Pavlov

100

The form of learning occurring in the absence of apparent reward/punishment

Latent Learning

200

Amanda is stung by a bee. She now fears not just bees, but all flying insects. Amanda is displaying _____.

Generalization

200

The reinforcement schedule allowing for the fastest acquisition of new behavior

Continuous reinforcement

200

Children who pass on a small piece of candy so they can have a bigger piece the next day are displaying _____.

Self Control

200

I tortured dogs and made them feel helpless! Who am I?

Martin Seligman

200

The sudden realization to a problem's solution

Insight

300

The conditioned stimulus in Pavlov's original experiment

Metronome

300

Gambling at a slot machine represents this reinforcement schedule

Variable-Ratio Schedule

300

A dog who no longer tries to escape electric shocks after previously being unable to is showing _____.

Learned Helplessness

300

Operant chambers have another name based on mine. Who am I?

B.F. Skinner

300

Developed by rats after exploring a maze without reward

Cognitive map

400

Claire pinches her sister every time a white car drives by. Days later, Claire’s sister flinches at the sight of a white car. What is the conditioned response?

Flinching

400

Pigs trained to put coins in a piggy bank found learning the behavior difficult and would revert to behavior like pushing it with their snout, displaying _____.

Instinctive Drift

400

Those with a _____ locus of control exhibit less obesity, hypertension, and distress.

Internal

400

I watched apes on an island come to the sudden realization of a problem. Who am I? 

Wolfgang Kohler

400

In observational learning, a model is someone who _____ a certain behavior.

Displays/exhibits

500

Every 15 minutes, Zain receives an electric shock. What type of conditioning is this?

Temporal Conditioning

500

Money is best described as what kind of a reinforcer?

Conditioned/Secondary

500

Martha is stressed out about her psychology test. She alleviates her stress by not thinking about the test and instead meditating. What type of coping is this?

Emotion-focused coping

500

I discovered how you navigate your everyday spatial environments. Who am I?

Edward Thorndike
500

A possible biological basis for why humans are able to learn through observation

Mirror Neurons

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