Module 20/21/22

Question 1

The reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguish conditioned response.

Answer 1

Spontaneous Recovery

Question 2

A type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher

Answer 2

Operant conditioning

Question 3

A desire to perform a behavior to received promised rewards or avoid threatened punishment

Answer 3

Extrinsic motivation

Question 4

The tendency once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar response

Answer 4

Generalization

Question 5

A desire to preform a behavior effectively fo its own sake

Answer 5

Intrinsic motivation

Question 6

Any event or situation that evokes a response

Answer 6

Stimulus

Question 7

In operant conditioning, any event that strengthens the behavior it follows

Answer 7

Reinforcement

Question 8

Unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group and its members

Answer 8

Discrimination

Question 9

The process of observing and imitating a specific behavior

Answer 9

Modeling

Question 10

A mental representation of the layout of one’s environment. For example, after exploring a maze, rats act as if they have learned a map of it.

Answer 10

Cognitive map

Question 11

Learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it.

Answer 11

Latent learning

Question 12

An event that tends to decrease the behavior that it follows

Answer 12

Punishment

Question 13

Learning that certain events occur together.

Answer 13

Associative learning

Question 14

Reinforcing a response only part of the time; results in slower acquisition of a response but much greater resistance extinction than does continuous reinforcement

Answer 14

Partial reinforcement

Question 15

Behavior that operates on the environment, producing consequences.

Answer 15

Operant behavior

Question 16

A type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events.

Answer 16

Classical conditioning

Question 17

Th acquisition of mental information,whether by observing events, by watching others or through language.

Answer 17

Cognitive learning

Question 18

The view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes.

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Behaviorism

Question 19

Frontal lobe neurons that fire when performing certain actions or when observing another doing so. The brain’s mirroring of another’s action may enable imitation and empathy

Answer 19

Mirror neurons

Question 20

Positive, constructive, helpful behavior. The opposite of antisocial behavior

Answer 20

Prosocial behavior

Question 21

All the mental activities associated with jet thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.

Answer 21

Cognition

Question 22

Scientist that studied the neutral stimulus with dogs and their salivation when food was brought around the area.

Answer 22

Ivan Pavlov

Question 23

This scientist used a baby, a rat, and classical conditioning as experiment and played with fear.

Answer 23

John B. Watson

Question 24

Used the operant chamber for detailed tracking of rates of behavior change in response to different rates of reinforcement.

Answer 24

B.F. Skinner

Question 25

The scientist placed a cat in a puzzle box which were rewarded with food and freedom when they solved the puzzle. He used the law of effect.

Answer 25

Thorndike

Question 26

This scientist used a bobo doll and narrated to the kids what was happening to the doll a while later the kids did the same which represents mirroring.

Answer 26

Albert Bandura

Question 27

A child is offered a reward after they earn five A’s on her homework assignments. After her fifth A on a homework assignment, she gets to pick out a new toy.

Answer 27

Fixed ratio

Question 28

Typically, you check your email at random times throughout the day instead of checking every time a single message is delivered. The thing about email is that in most cases, you never now when you are going to receive a message. Because of this, emails roll in sporadically at completely unpredictable times. When you check and see that you have received a message, it acts as a reinforcer for checking your email.

Answer 28

Variable interval

Question 29

The employee receives reinforcement every seven days, which may result in a higher response rate as payday approaches.

Answer 29

Fixed interval

Question 30

In some games, players collect tokens or other items in order to receive a reward or reach the next level. The player may not know how many tokens they need in order to receive a reward or even what that reward will

Answer 30

Variable ratio

Question 31

How do we learn?

Answer 31

We learn through association and experience

Question 32

What is positive punishment? What is negative punishment?

Answer 32

In positive punishment you ADD something unpleasant/aversive In negative punishment you TAKE AWAY something pleasant or desired