AP Psychology Exam Review 6 Flashcards
(39 cards)
Learning a sound to be associated with food
Classical conditioning
Giving up all efforts to physically survive
Learned helplessness
Infants developed a fear of books after the books are associated with a loud noise. The loud noise is
Unconditioned stimulus
Researchers condition a flatworm to contract its body to a light by repeated pairing the light with electric shock. The stage in which the flatworm’s contraction response to light is established and gradually strengthened is called…
Acquisition
After Pavlov had conditioned a dog to salivate to a tone, he repeatedly sounded the tone without presenting food. As a result….. Occurred
Extinction
Reward after every ten times… Reinforcement schedule
Fixed ratio
Closing your bedroom door so that you won’t hear the TV that is interfering with your studying is an example of…
Negative reinforcement
Little Albert was also afraid of other white fuzzy things….
Generalization
Dogs strapped into a harness and given repeated shocks developed…
Learned helplessness
A variable interval schedule of reinforcement is one in which a response is reinforced only after a…
Unpredictable time period has elapsed
A teacher promises kids gold stars for good grades, her behavior undermines…
Intrinsic motivation
An event that increases the frequency of an event that follows
Reinforcer
Marcy grows for herself while Jen grows for money
Marcy: …. Motivation
Jen: …. Motivation
M: intrinsic
J: extrinsic
Infants afraid of roses after roses presented with shock. Roses are
Conditioned stimulus
Using steps to train
Successive approximations
Learning involves…
A relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience
One chimp sees another open a box so another one does it with great speed this illustrates…
Observational learning
Monica’s psychologist re,I don’t her of her own father so she has the same emotions when she sees him this illustrates…
Generalization
What is an example of an unconditioned response
Jerking your hand off a hot stove
Little Albert developed fear of rats when paired with loud noise. Loud noise is…
Unconditioned stimulus
Pavlov’s dogs learned to salivate to one tone but not to another this illustrates…
Discrimination
Children often learn to associate pushing a level with the delivery of a candy bar. This is called…
Operant conditioning
BF Skinner’s work elaborated what EL Thorndike had called…
The law of effect
A parking ticket is considered…
Positive punishment
