Learning and Memory Flashcard Review

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What is classical conditioning?

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Learning caused by pairing and association of two stimuli

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Define conditioned response

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A response that has been learned

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What is the conditioned stimulus in the scenario where Tamara feeds her cat canned cat food and her cat comes to the kitchen when she uses her electric can opener?

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The sound of the electric can opener

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What is the conditioned response when a child hears a loud noise and sees the family's dog that often barks loudly?

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The crying

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Which of the following is an unconditioned response? Options: clapping after a thrilling concert performance, jumping rope, running through a maze to get a food reward, sweating in hot weather

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sweating in hot weather

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Once Pavlov's dogs learned to salivate to the sound of a bell, the bell was a(n)

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conditioned stimulus

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What is operant conditioning?

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A type of learning about the relationship between behavior and its consequences This relationship affects our future actions.

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Reinforcement is anything that strengthens or increases the frequency of a preceding response.

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True

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When you give your dog a treat after he uses the bathroom outside. This is an example of...

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Positive Reinforcement

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When you put on your seat belt to make the annoying sound go away. What is this an example of?

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Negative Reinforcement