Classical Conditioning
What do UCS and CS stand for?
Unconditioned Stimulus and Conditioned Stimulus
What are the four types of reinforcement?
Positive Reinforcement
Positive Punishment
Negative Reinforcement
Negative Punishment
Every time someone flushes a toilet in the apartment building, the shower becomes very hot and causes the person to jump back. Over time, the person begins to jump back automatically after hearing the flush, before the water temperature changes.
UCS?
Shower becomes very hot.
When items that look alike tend to be seen as a group or pattern.
Similarity
What do UCR and CR stand for?
Unconditioned Response and Conditioned Response
What is an example of Negative Reinforcement?
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Every time someone flushes a toilet in the apartment building, the shower becomes very hot and causes the person to jump back. Over time, the person begins to jump back automatically after hearing the flush, before the water temperature changes.
UCR?
Jumps Back
When items that are placed close together tend to be seen as a group.
Proximity
What is the famous classical conditioning experiment?
Pavlov's Dogs
Give an example of Positive Punishment.
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Every time someone flushes a toilet in the apartment building, the shower becomes very hot and causes the person to jump back. Over time, the person begins to jump back automatically after hearing the flush, before the water temperature changes.
CS?
Toilet Flushes
When an item is left slightly unfinished but our eyes finish it for us.
Closure
Thinking that two similar things are the same.
Ex. Circle and Oval
Generalization
What are the four schedules of reinforcement?
Fixed Ratio
Variable Ratio
Fixed Interval
Variable Interval
Your father gives you a credit card at the end of your first year in college because you did so well. As a result, your grades continue to get better in your second year.
What is the type of reinforcement?
Positive Reinforcement
When an item can be looked at two different ways depending on what is seen as the background and what is seen as the main image.
Figure / Ground
Being able to tell two similar things apart.
Ex. Hurt child scream vs. Child playing scream
Discrimination
What is the famous Operant Conditioning experment?
The Skinner Box
A professor has a policy of exempting students from the final exam if they maintain perfect attendance during the quarter. His students’ attendance increases dramatically.
What is the type of reinforcement?
When our eye naturally moves through an object to another object.
Continuation