Classical Conditioning
This important figure trained dogs to associate the sound of a bell with food, salivating at the sound of the bell.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
This important figure led an experiment in which children beat up a Bobo doll after observing adults exhibit violent behavior against the doll.
Who is Albert Bandura?
This important figure created an operant chamber in which rats pressed a bar for a food reward.
Who is B.F. Skinner?
This kind of reinforcement is shown when John's parents give him $5 for allowance every time he finishes doing 2 loads of laundry.
What is positive reinforcement?
This type of learning/conditioning occurs in an experiment where a child pulls apart a toy after watching a video of an adult doing so.
What is observational learning?
Exhibited when you become violently ill after eating seafood and have trouble eating it again.
What is taste aversion?
A younger brother washing his dishes after seeing his older sister be rewarded for doing so.
What is modeling?
This leads to an increase in the desired behavior.
What is reinforcement?
The kind of reinforcement schedule exhibited in receiving bi-weekly paychecks.
What is a fixed-interval reinforcement schedule?
This type of learning/conditioning occurs when a Gambian giant pouched rat receives a bite of banana after successfully locating a mine.
What is operant conditioning?
After being attacked by a German shepherd, a girl is afraid of large dogs like labradors, but not of chihuahuas.
What is discrimination?
______ fire when a monkey rips something as when as when it observes another monkey doing so.
What are mirror neurons?
This is exhibited when a student studies a lot because he is passionate about science class.
What is intrinsic motivation?
This kind of reinforcement creates the greatest resistance to extinction
What is partial (intermittent) reinforcement?
This type of learning/conditioning occurs when you consistently clap your hands 3 times before getting the leash to walk your dog; soon, every time you clap your hands 3 times, the dog comes running.
What is classical conditioning?
You’re in the shower and hear somebody flush a toilet. Suddenly, hot water rushes out of the shower head and you experience extreme pain. A few minutes later, you hear another toilet flush and immediately jump out of the shower
These are the roles of the:
Hot water
Sound of a flushing toilet
What is an unconditioned stimulus?
What is a conditioned stimulus?
These three characteristics in a person make us more likely to imitate them.
What is resemblance? What is being successful? What is being seen as admirable?
This is exhibited when rats access a cognitive map and complete a maze when presented with an incentive such as a food treat.
What is latent learning?
This consequence is exhibited when a child hits one of his friends at recess and a teacher sees this and removes him from recess.
What is negative punishment?
This type of learning/conditioning is why students raise their hands in class to answer a question.
What is operant conditioning?
These are the four stages of learning
1. What is Acquisition
2. What is First Extinction
3. What is Spontaneous recovery
4. What is second extinction period
The violence-viewing effect stems from these two factors.
What is imitation? What is desensitization?
Thorndike’s law exhibited when a parent giving their child a treat for making his/her bed leads to the child consistently making his/her bed every morning.
What is the law of effect?
This kind of reinforcement and schedule occur in this situation: As long as Kylah's students behave well, she will occasionally reduce their amount of homework for the night.
What is negative reinforcement? What is a variable-ratio reinforcement schedule?
This kind of learning/conditioning occurs when a student learns not to cheat due to watching other students be punished for cheating
What is observational learning?