AP Psychology Learning

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Which of the following is the best example of shaping? A child receives five dollars each time he cleans his room., An employee receives a termination notice after coming to work late every day over a period of three months, A child gets candy from a dispenser one time but gets nothing from the dispenser the next two times., A teacher rewards a student for sitting quietly for ten minutes on Monday, fifteen minutes on Tuesday, twenty minutes on Wednesday, and thirty minutes on Thursday., A rat receives a mild shock each time it tries to open the door of its cage.

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A teacher rewards a student for sitting quietly for ten minutes on Monday, fifteen minutes on Tuesday, twenty minutes on Wednesday, and thirty minutes on Thursday.

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After helping clean the dinner table, a child is rewarded with ice cream. This is an example of…

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positive reinforcement

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What is the tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses?

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Stimulus Generalization

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During his experiments with dogs, the unconditioned response in Pavlov's experiment was...

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salivation

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Who is an influential social cognitive psychologist known for his social learning theory, the concept of self-efficacy, and the Bobo doll experiments?

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Albert Bandura

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When we eventually lose our sensitivity to an oft-repeated stimulus. Once this occurs we will have reduced sensitivity to that stimulus, even if the stimulus changes.

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habituation