Learning

Question 1

intermittent reinforcement

Answer 1

occurs when a response is reinforced only some of the time

Question 2

continuous reinforcement

Answer 2

reinforcing the desired response every time it occurs

Question 3

positive reinforcement

Answer 3

Increasing behaviors by presenting positive stimuli

Question 4

negative reinforcement

Answer 4

Increasing behaviors by stopping or reducing negative stimuli

Question 5

operant conditioning

Answer 5

Learning based on the consequences of responding.

Question 6

classical conditioning

Answer 6

conditioning by pairing a stimulus with a response

Question 7

observational learning

Answer 7

learning by observing others

Question 8

mirror neurons

Answer 8

neurons that are activated when one observes another individual engage in an action and when one performs a similar action

Question 9

John B. Watson

Answer 9

founder of behaviorism, famous for Little Albert study in which baby was taught to fear a white rat, classical conditioning

Question 10

B.F. Skinner

Answer 10

developed the theory of operant conditioning by subjecting a rat to electrical current

Question 11

Ivan Pavlov

Answer 11

discovered classical conditioning; trained dogs to salivate at the ringing of a bell

Question 12

Albert Bandura

Answer 12

researcher famous for work in observational or social learning including the famous Bobo doll experiment

Question 13

Bobo doll experiment

Answer 13

school children observed an adult play aggressively with a bobo doll when those children who witnesses the Bobo doll performed the same aggressive actions