Classical Conditioning
Ivan Pavlov
Finish the definition: Operant Conditioning is the learning of voluntary behavior through the effects of ..........
pleasant and unpleasant consequences.
Learning that remains hidden until its application becomes useful.
Latent Learning.
How many elements are there to observational learning?
4
any relatively permanent change in behavior brought about by experience or practice.
Learning
Who was the researcher who did controversial conditioning work with a subject known as "Baby Albert"?
John Watson
What are the two primary ways to create a change in behavior or learning?
Reinforcement and Punishment
the sudden perception of relationship among various parts of a problem, allowing the solution to the problem to come quickly.
Insight
Which researcher identified observational learning through such experiments as "The Bobo Doll" experiment?
Albert Bandura
In operant conditioning, which of the two types of behavior modification is generally more effective?
Reinforcement.
In Pavlov's famous classical conditioning experiment, what is the Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)?
The food or meat.
Which researcher worked with cats in a puzzle box and discovered the power of reinforcement?
Thorndike
The tendency to fail to not even try to escape from a situation because of a history of repeated failures in the past.
Learned Helplessness.
What are the 4 elements to Observational Learning?
Attention
Memory
Imitation
Desire
Watching your mom scream and get scared about spiders your whole life has conditioned you to have a similar reaction to spiders. What type of conditioning is this?
Vicarious Conditioning
In a classical conditioning experiment, the dog salivates when shown food. The dog's salivation is an example of what?
Unconditioned Response (UCR)
After doing the dishes your mother praises you and gives you a gold star sticker. Is your mother using primary reinforcers or secondary reinforcers?
Kim eats pancakes every Saturday morning. Her mom always makes them just the way she likes them, but her mom isn't home today. Kim decides she's going to make them herself, and she does. Kims ability to make the pancakes for herself when she needed to is an example of what?
Latent Learning
John watches his favorite football kicker. He really wants to learn to kick as well as his hero, but no matter how much he wants to be that good, he might not be able to get as good. Which of the elements is limiting his Observational Learning?
Imitation
The tendency for animals to learn certain associations quickly due to the survival value of the learning.
Biological Preparedness
In successful classical conditioning experiments what does the Neutral Stimulus (NS) become?
The conditioned stimulus (CS)
what is "the reinforcement of simple steps in behavior that lead to a desired, more complex behavior" ?
Shaping
True of False.
In Seligman's dog experiment, the group of dogs who had "learned helplessness" and therefore wouldn't try to escape the shock will never be able to learn to escape the shock.
False
Why is the Bobo Doll experiment considered "controversial" today?
It was centered on aggression.
Not sure of long term effects on children.
Conditioned Taste Aversion