Chapter 6- Learning

Question 1

Stimulus

Answer 1

Something that produces a reaction or response

Question 2

Conditioning

Answer 2

Type of learning that involves stimulus response connections

Question 3

Classical Conditioning

Answer 3

Simple form of learning in which a stimulus calls forth a response that is usually associated with another stimulus

Question 4

Pavlov’s Dogs

Answer 4

Studied salivation in dogs
Dogs would salivate to sounds they heard before feeding
Wondered if dogs would learn to salivate to a certain sound

Question 5

(US) Unconditioned Stimulus

Answer 5

Stimulus that causes natural automatic response

Not learnt

Question 6

(UR) Unconditioned Response

Answer 6

Automatic response to the (US)

Question 7

(CS) Conditioned Response

Answer 7

Learned Stimulus for unconditional response (UR)

Question 8

(CR) Conditioned Response

Answer 8

Learned response from something that was already neutral

Question 9

Taste Aversion

Answer 9

Learned avoidance of a particular food

Question 10

Extinction

Answer 10

Conditioned stimulus that is disconnected from rage unconditioned stimulus

Question 11

Spontaneous Recovery

Answer 11

Display responses that were previously extinct.

Question 12

Generalization

Answer 12

Responding to stimulus the same way to different things

Question 13

Discrimination

Answer 13

Act of responding differently to stimulus to non similar

Question 14

Flooding

Answer 14

A person is exposed to the harmless stimulus until the fear is gone
Effective and unpleasant

Question 15

Systematic Desensitized

Answer 15

People are taught relaxation techniques and are then gradually introduced to stimulus
Longer and not as unpleasant

Question 16

Counter conditioning

Answer 16

Pleasant stimulus is paired repeatedly with one counteracting fear

Question 17

Operant Conditioning

Answer 17

People learn to do things because of consequences

Question 18

Skinner Box (B.F Skinner)

Answer 18

Rat was deprived of food
When lever was pushed received food
Learnt to press lever

Question 19

Reinforcement

Answer 19

Process by which the stimulus will increase the chance of a certain behavior

Question 20

Primary reinforcement

Answer 20

Increases the frequency of the behavior when applied

Food Water Shelter

Question 21

Secondary Reinforcements

Answer 21

Learned value

Attention Affection Money Stickers Tacos

Question 22

Positive Reinforcements

Answer 22

Increases the frequency of the behavior when applied

Question 23

Negative Reinforcers

Answer 23

Increases the behavior after they are removed/unpleasant