Psychologists
This famous psychologist is responsible for discovering Classical Conditioning, where he used a Bell and Food to get dogs to salivate.
What is Ivan Pavlov?
This form of learning involves the subject building associations between stimuli and events, whereby we expect a result based on past experience.
What is Associative Learning?
This form of learning involves a role model presenting behaviors to a subject, often showing behavior that is then replicated by the subject when given similar circumstances.
What is Observational Learning (Modeling)?
If I give a student a piece of candy for answering a question correct during class?
What is Positive Reinforcement?
A pizza shop gives a special where every 10th pizza is free.
What is Fixed Ratio Schedule?
This famous psychologist is known for using Classical Conditioning to elicit fear from a baby when presented with White Fluffy Animals, Objects, and People.
What is John Watson?
This form of learning is done unconsciously, behind the scenes without the knowledge of the subject, with the subject often forgetting why they know learned information.
What is Latent Learning?
This form of learning is often associated with Maturity, it involves the expression, observation, and reflection of emotions in a way that leads to the growth of the subject.
What is Emotional Learning?
What is Positive Punishment?
A owner gives a pet a treat each time they go to the bathroom in the litterbox/pad.
What is Continuous Reinforcement?
This famous psychologist discovered Operant Conditioning using Rewards and Punishments with Animals and People.
What is B.F. Skinner?
This form of learning is multistage, it involves the use of various stimuli, reward, and punishment. Often using steps along the way to the end goal.
What is Complex Learning?
This form of learning has the subject at first avoiding negative stimuli, but over time but with repeated failed attempts at escaping becomes accustomed to the negative events, losing interest in escaping.
What is Learned Helplessness?
If a parent takes away a phone after their child fails a test.
What is Negative Punishment?
A boss gives their employees doughnuts half the time they perform well on sales reports.
This famous psychologist discovered Observational Learning where one learns unconsciously when observing the behaviors of others.
What is Albert Bandura?
This form of learning requires the subject to activity think about the information being taught, be it through reading, discussion, or reflection.
What is Cognitive Learning?
This form of learning has the subject solving a difficult problem where to solution is not apparent, but out of nowhere the subject finds a solution from past experience or knowledge.
What is Insight Learning?
If a teacher gives out a Homework Pass after a student behaved all week.
What is Negative Reinforcement?
When a teacher rewards behavior sporadically, switching between continuous reinforcement and no reinforcement at all.
This psychologist founded and coined the field "Behaviorism" where we discovered insights into how we Learn and Exhibit Behavior.
What is B.F. Skinner?
This type of learning relies on associations, true or false, based on experience, knowledge, and assumed understanding. Often wrong or harmful.
What is Superstition (Stereotyping)?
These types of Neurons fire when observing another subject doing an action, often mimicking the brain response being observed in the original subject.
What is a Mirror Neuron?
If a parent stops giving students candy after answering questions, but instead simply gives high fives.
What is Extinction?
When a parent stops buying toys, candy, or items at the store for the child, but caves on the occasion.
What is Variable Ratio Schedule?