Learning Unit

Psychologists

100

Ivan Pavlov discovered/experimented with....

Classical Conditioning 

200

BF Skinner invented this simple device for studying the effects of reinforcers on laboratory animals 

Skinner Box

300

Name of the baby in the famous John Watson Classical Conditioning experiment: 

Baby Albert

400

The first experimental studies of associative learning were conducted by: 

Ivan Pavlov

500

He did research with observational learning: 

Albert Bandura

Classical Conditioning

100

A type of learning where two or more stimuli are linked and events are anticipated: 

Classical Conditioning 

200

In classical conditioning, the unlearned, naturally occurring response. In Pavlov's experiment, this was the automatic response to the food. 

Unconditioned Response

300

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that unconditionally triggers a response

Unconditioned Stimulus 

400

The reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response 

Spontaneous Recovery

500

This term in operant conditioning will always result in INCREASING the desired behavior

Reinforcement

Operant Conditioning

100

This term in operant conditioning will always result in a DECREASE of the desired behavior

Punishment 

200

When a teacher gives you an A+ because you worked hard on an essay, what form of operant conditioning is being used? 

Positive reinforcement 

300

Food is a _______ reinforcer

$$ is a______ reinforcer

Primary, Secondary

400

Edward Thorndike proposed that rewarded behaviors are likely to continue. This is known as: 

The Law of Effect

500

Describe negative reinforcement: 

The behavior is strengthened, by removing the stimulus

Vocab

100

The relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience: 

Learning 

200

Who introduced the term behaviorism?

Ivan Pavlov

300

A nail salon that rewards customers with a free manicure after 10 visits would be using a: 

Fixed Ratio schedule

400

John wears baggy jeans because his older friends do. This would be an example of: 

Modeling

500

This provides the biological basis for observational learning: 

Mirror neurons

Misc

100

The view that psychology should only study observable behaviors. This dominated the field from 1920-1960

Behaviorism 

200

Skinner = shaping

Bandura = ? 

Modeling 

300

In operant conditioning, the process of a test subject getting closer and closer to the desired behavior each time they are reinforced or punished: 

Shaping 

400

If the CS (bell) is no longer paired with the UCS (food), _________ will occur

Extinction 

500

Any consequence that decreases the likelihood of a behavior occurring: 

Punishment