AP Psychology - Learning

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Every time a dog jumps through a hoop, it receives a treat.

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operant conditioning

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What type of learning is demonstrated when a person jumps back automatically after hearing a toilet flush in the apartment building?

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Classical conditioning

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Ivan Pavlov has been credited with the initial discovery of

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classical conditioning.

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In John Watson's "Little Albert" experiment, what was the UCS?

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The loud noise

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The white rat served as the _____________ in John Watson and Rosalie Rayner's study with Little Albert.

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conditioned stimulus

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In Pavlov's experiment, the salivating to the sound of a bell is a(n)

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Conditioned Response

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When learning first takes place, we would say that __ has occurred.

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Acquisition

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A little girl gets to eat dessert because she finished all the food on her plate. This is an example of:

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Positive Reinforcement

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Anything that seeks to increase a desired behavior by the removal, escape from, or avoidance of undesired stimulus is called __.

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Negative Reinforcement

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Mirror neurons are believed by some scientists to provide a biological basis for

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observational learning.