The "father" of classical conditioning.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
The originator of Operant conditioning.
Who is B.F. Skinner?
The creator of Observational learning theory.
Who is Albert Bandura?
A relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience.
What is Learning?
The initial learning stage of classical conditioning that associates a unconditioned stimulus with a conditioned stimulus.
What is acquisition?
Anything that strengthens the behavior it follows is called a ______
What is a reinforcer or reinforcement?
Which learning theories recognize the importance and presence of mental processes.
What is Cognitive and Observational Learning?
Which Learning theory says that an organism learns to associate between its behavior and resulting events.
What is Operant Conidtioning?
The tendency to respond to stimuli that are similar to a conditioned stimulus.
What is generalization?
Name the two types of reinforcement.
What is positive and negative?
Which structure in the brain allows for observational learning to occur.
What is mirror neurons?
Name two settings where operant conditioning techniques can be used to change behavior.
What is school and the workplace?
What type of reinforcement schedule produces rapid learning but also quick extinction if rewards cease.
What is continuous?
An operant conditioning procedure in which reinforcers guide behavior acquisition over time and multiple trials.
What is shaping?
Learning that occurs but is NOT apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it.
What is latent learning?
What are 2 types of associative learning techniques/theories
What is Classical conditioning and Operant Conditioning?
The reappearance, after a rest period, of an extinguished conditioned response.
What is Spontaneous Recovery?
Eating when you are hungry is an example of what type of reinforcement.
What is primary reinforcement?
If a role model is optimistic, constructive and a helpful person, we refer to them as
What is a Prosocial model?
Name an associative learning technique/theory that focuses on learning associations between events we do not control
What is Classical Conditioning?