Learning

Classical Conditioning

100

This is the term to describe the bell, in Pavlov's famous experiment, before association.

What is the neutral stimulus?

200

This is the term to describe the meat, in Pavlov's famous experiment, before association.

What is the unconditioned stimulus? 

300

This is the term to describe the dog salivating, in Pavlov's famous experiment, before association.

What is the unconditioned response?

400

This is the term to describe the bell, in Pavlov's famous experiment, after association.

What is the conditioned stimulus?

500

This is the term to describe the dog salivating, in Pavlov's famous experiment, after association.

What is the conditioned response?

Classical Conditioning Continued

100

You accidentally drink rotten milk with your bowl of Captian Crunch™. You vomit after eating both. Now you have a taste aversion to Captain Crunch™. This is the unconditioned stimulus in the scenario above.  

What is the rotten milk?

200

You accidentally drink rotten milk with your bowl of Captian Crunch™. You vomit after eating both. Now you have a taste aversion to Captain Crunch™. This is the conditioned stimulus in the scenario above.  

What is Captain Crunch™?

300

You accidentally drink rotten milk with your bowl of Captian Crunch™. You vomit after eating both. Now you have a taste aversion to Captain Crunch™. This is the unconditioned response in the scenario above.  

What is vomiting? 

400

You accidentally drink rotten milk with your bowl of Captian Crunch™. You vomit after eating both. Now you have a taste aversion to Captain Crunch™. This is the conditioned response in the scenario above.

What is a taste aversion (to Captain Crunch™)?

500

You accidentally drink rotten milk with your bowl of Captian Crunch™. You vomit after eating both. Now you have a taste aversion to Captain Crunch™. This is the neutral stimulus before the scenario above.

What is Captain Crunch™?

Operant Conditioning

100

This is when a consequence is intended to increase the chance a behavior is repeated. 

What is a reinforcement? 

200

This is when a consequence is intended to decrease the chance a behavior is repeated. 

What is a punishment?

300

This is when a consequence is the addition of a stimulus. 

What is positive?

400

This is when a consequence is the removal of a stimulus. 

What is negative?

500

This is what it is called when a stimulus no longer creates the desired response.

What is extinction?

Operant Conditioning Examples

100

This is when a child is given extra chores for not completing his/her homework.

What is positive punishment?

200

This is when a friend gets his/her feelings hurt and therefore stops talking to his/her friend that hurt his/her feelings. 

What is negative punishment?

300

This is when Mr. Richard emails you every single day at 2:30 to remind you to serve a reflection. You HATE getting those emails. You go to the next reflection in hopes that the emails stop. 

What is negative reinforcement? 

400

This is when you get an A on your History exam so your parents buy you ice cream.

What is positive reinforcement? 

500

This is a type of negative reinforcement in which you do the behavior to keep from having to experience the negative stimulus.

What is active avoidance? 

Observational and Bonus

100

This was the name of the famous study that Bandura used to showcase his Observational Learning theory.

What is the Bobo the clown experiment? 

200

This was the name of the psychologist who invented the operant conditioning chamber. 

Who is B. F. Skinner?

300

This is the greatest educator in the history of education.

Who is Mr. Jake? 

400

This is a type of negative reinforcement in which you do the behavior to stop the negative stimulus.

What is escape?

500

These are the two things that observational learning does not need for learning to take place. Hint: Classical and operant condition rely on these.

What are reinforcement and stimulus?