AP Psych Unit 6: Learning

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

• The white rat

• Anything white and furry

• The loud noise

• Fear

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

• Unconditioned Stimulus

• Unconditioned Response

• Conditioned Stimulus

• Conditioned Response

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

• Acquisition
• Extinction
• Spontaneous Recovery
• Discrimination

The learned ability to distinguish between a CS and other stimuli that does not signal a CR is called

• Classical Conditioning
• Discrimination
• Generalization
• Extinction 

Learning that occurs due to reward and punishment

• Classical Conditioning
• Operant Conditioning
• Learning
• Taste Aversion

The reinforcer, such as food, that gets the organism to continue a behavior is called __.

• Positive Reinforcement
• Primary Reinforcer
• Secondary Reinforcer
• Classical Conditioning

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

• Positive punishment
• Negative punishment
• Positive Reinforcement
• Negative Reinforcement

When shaping a behavior, you would couple a treat with, "good dog" to get your pet to sit.  The "good dog" is considered __.

• Negative Reinforcement
• Primary Reinforcer
• Secondary Reinforcer

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

• Negative Reinforcement
• Punishment
• Positive Reinforcement
• Partial Reinforcement

Small successive step taken in which to get an organism to learn a behavior is called __.

• Shaping
• Continuous Reinforcement
• Positive Reinforcement
• Partial Reinforcement