Learning Theories

Albert Badura

100

What era did Albert Bandura conduct his experiments?

1960s

200

What is observational learning?

People can learn new information and behaviors by watching other people

300

What was the main idea for designing the Bobo Doll experiment?

To show certain behaviors were learned by shaping their own behavior after the actions of “models”

400

Does learning necessarily lead to a change in behavior?

Learning does not necessarily lead to a change in behavior

500

Albert Bandura's learning theory is called the ______ learning theory

Social

Conditioning

100

This scientist was not a psychologist he worked with dogs and digestive systems

Ivan Pavlov

200

A reflexive behavior from birth

Unconditioned Response

300

Naturally triggers a response

Unconditioned stimulus

400

A stimulus that triggers a conditioned response

Conditioned stimulus

500

A response associated with a Conditioned stimulus

conditioned response

John Watson

100

The name of the little boy conditioned to be afraid of rabbits

Little Albert

200

Most fears are__________ not inborn

learned

300

Little Albert learned to fear similar animals like a dog or monkey this is known as

generalization

400

This is the biggest market for conditioning consumer attitudes by influencing customers by pairing the product with other pleasant things.

Advertising

500

What did pavlov use as a neutral stimulus in his studies on salivation

acceptable answers

A tone

a light

a touch on the leg

Opperant conditioning

100

The rats learned to play basketball because they associated put the ball through the hoop with what

acceptable answers

a treat

a reward

200

The best types of rewards are called primary reinforcers.  What is an example of this type of reward

water

sleep

shelter

food

touch

300

Forming behavior that comes closer and closer to the final target behavior is called?

Shaping

400

This type of response to a behavior strengthens the likely hood that the behavior is repeated.

Positive reinforcer 

500

This type of response to a behavior adds a consequence that inhibits the behavior from happening again. 

Positive punishment

Learned helplessness

100

How did the dogs demonstrate learned helplessness in Seligman's study?

They lay down and didn't try to escape the shocks.

200

 Which of these is an example of an internal attribution?

1. I fell down the stairs because I'm a clumsy person.
2. I fell down the stairs because they were wet.
3. I fell down the stairs because Sarah tripped me.
4. All of the answers are correct.

300

Which of these attributions is most likely to cause learned helplessness?

1. I'm stupid.
2. I didn't study well enough.
3. The test was hard.
4. The teacher doesn't like me.

400

The psychologist who ran the experiments of shocking the dogs to see what would happen when they were allowed to escape?

Martin Seligman

500

Psychologist have found a strong correlation between learned helplessness and this disorder, __________, due to the feeling of loss of control and an internal focus. 

Depression