Types of Learning
This is the type of learning when someone develops a specific reaction to something, like an object, animal, person, location, etc.
Answer: What is classical conditioning?
Reason: Because classical conditioning occurs when something creates a reaction in us due to an association we've made.
Funny jokes naturally cause people to laugh, but sometimes we smile just from the sight of a comedian who we find to be funny just because we have associated them with their funny jokes.
In this example, the unconditioned stimulus would be ______________.
Ans: What are the funny jokes (bec. we already have a response to them before the conditioning occurs).
If sitting on the couch to watch TV causes your pet to sit on your lap, which you enjoy, then that could make you want to watch TV more in the future. This is an example of the specific type of operant conditioning known as: ________________ ________________ (2 words)
Ans. What is positive reinforcement?
Expl. positive = getting something. reinforcement = good consequence.
This is the type of learning advanced by B.F. Skinner, which was based off of Thorndike's law of effect.
Ans.: What is operant conditioning?
This is the type of learning that involves paying attention to the consequences of our behavior?
Answer: What is Operant Conditioning)?
Reason: When our future behavior is influenced by its rewarding or punishing consequences, then that is operant conditioning.
Funny jokes naturally cause people to laugh, but sometimes we smiile just from the sight of a comedian who we find to be funny just because we have associated them with their funny jokes.
In this example, the conditioned stimulus would be ______________.
Ans: What is the comedian (just the sight of the person) because they were once neutral and then became conditioned to cause the laughing reaction.
If watching TV before bed causes you to have nightmares, then that could make you not want to watch TV again before bed. This is an example of the specific type of operant conditioning known as: ________________ ________________ (2 words)
Ans. What is positive punishment?
Expl. positive = getting something. punishment = bad consequence.
You should you use this specific approach if you're trying to train an animal to do something complicated, such as jumping through a hoop and then standing on its hind legs.
Ans: What is shaping?
This is because it's too complex to reward in its entirety, and it must be rewarded step by step.
This is the type of learning involves having "conditioned response."
Ans: What is classical conditioning?
Reason: because "conditioned response" references a learned reaction to a stimulus.
Funny jokes naturally cause people to laugh, but sometimes we smile just from the sight of a comedian who we find to be funny just because we have associated them with their funny jokes.
In this example, the unconditioned response would be ______________.
Ans. What is the laughing (specifically, the laughing that's triggered from the funny jokes -- because that's an unlearned response/reaction).
If binging TV shows causes you to lose all of your free time, then that could make you not want to binge-watch TV again. This is an example of the specific type of operant conditioning known as: ________________ ________________ (2 words)
Ans. What is negative punishment?
Expl. negative = losing something. punishment = bad consequence.
This is the type of learning that occurs when someone learns to use lots of swearwords after seeing their friends swear a lot.
Ans: What is Observational learning?
Reason: because the person copied what they saw
This is the type of learning which includes the terms reinforcement and punishment.
Ans: What is Operant Conditioning?
Reason: Reinf. and pun. are consequences to our actions, so they can shape future behavior.
Funny jokes naturally cause people to laugh, but sometimes we smile just from the sight of a comedian who we find to be funny just because we have associated them with their funny jokes.
In this example, the conditioned response would be ______________.
Ans. What is the smiling (specifically, as a result of seeing the comedian -- because that's a learned response/reaction due to an association that's been made).
If watching TV before bed causes you to skip doing your unpleasant science homework, then that could make you want to watch TV again in the future. This is an example of the specific type of operant conditioning known as: ________________ ________________ (2 words)
Ans. What is negative reinforcement?
Expl. negative = losing something. reinforcement = good consequence.
Shaping most typically involves the use of which specific type of operant conditioning?
Answer: What is positive reinforcement?
Explanation: Usually when we shape behavior we add a reward for successive steps towards the behavior.