Classical Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
Intermittent Reinforcement Schedules
Learning
Potpourri
100

His dogs were very important, even if they did slobber.

Who is Ivan Pavlov.

100

This is the procedure where reinforcers guide the behavior closer and closer to the desired behavior.

What is shaping?

100

Intermittent reinforcement is different than this other kind, which occurs every time a desired response happens. 

What is continuous reinforcement?

100

Both classical conditioning and operant conditioning are known as ________________ learning.

What is associative learning?

100

How did those monkey reach the bananas that were way up high in their cage? 

What is "They stacked boxes on top of each other."

200

This is what the neutral stimulus becomes after it becomes associated with an unconditioned response.

What is a Conditioned Stimulus?

200

After his hungry kitties sprung themselves from prison, Thorndike coined this phrase to describe how favorable behaviors become more likely when followed by favorable consequences. 

What is the law of effect?

200

With a fixed ratio schedule, the reinforcement is given after a fixed _________________ .

What is number of times?

200

This is used to decrease behavior.

What is punishment?

200

What do you call a mental picture of one's environment?

What is a cognitive map?

300
This is an unlearned, naturally occurring response to an unconditioned stimulus. 

What is unconditioned response.

300
Don't confuse it for a pigeon playhouse; it's other name is an Operant Chamber.

What is a Skinner Box?

300

In a fixed interval schedule, reinforcement is given after a fixed ________________ .

What is time period?

300

This is used to increase behavior.

What is reinforcement?

300

A desire to perform a behavior to recieve promised rewards or avoid threatened punishment is called __________________ motivation.

What is extrinsic motivation?

400
This is the learned response to a previously neutral (but now conditioned) stimulus.

What is a conditioned response?

400

This is what we call a stimulus that elicits a response after association with reinforcement (in contrast to similar stimuli that is not associated with reinforcement.)

What is discriminative stimulus?

400
This type of reinforcement schedule provides the reinforcement after random amounts of time.

What is variable interval reinforcement?

400
When an animal has learned something, but has not had a chance yet to demonstrate it, we call this __________________ learning.

What is latent learning?

400

A desire to perform behavior for its own sake is called _______________ motivation.

That is intrinsic motivation?

500

This is the type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events.

What is classical conditioning?

500

This is the type of behavior that operated on the environment, producing consequences.

What is operant behavior?

500

This is the kind of response one gets from variable interval reinforcement (think checking for silent texts.)

What is steady responding?

500

Punishment is most effective when it has these two attributes.

What are immediate (swift) and sure (reliable and intense).

500

This type of learning seems to occur suddenly.

What is insight learning?