Psych 1 - Learning

Social Learning Theory developed from operant conditioning

• True

• False

Learning in which voluntary behavior is strengthened or weakened by events leading up to a behavior or events occurring after the behavior is called ....

• Vicarious Learning

• Premack Principle

• Operant Conditioning

• Positive Reinforcement

Positive reinforcement ...

• strengthens a behavior by removing an unpleasant stimulus

• decreases a behavior

• strengthens a behavior by presenting a desired stimulus after a behavior

Which behaviorist is best known for their studies involving aggression in adolescents?

• B.F. Skinner

• Albert Bandura

• Ivan Pavlov

A lion in a circus learns to stand up on a chair and jump through a hoop to receive a food treat.

• classical conditioning

• operant conditioning

• observational learning

In a classic experiment, "Little Albert," a very young boy, was conditioned to be afraid of a rat. He also became fearful of white furry rabbits and bearded men. This is an example of

• classical conditioning.
• higher order conditioning.
• reinforcement.
• operant conditioning.

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

• The white rat
• Anything white and furry
• The loud noise
• Fear

When Pavlov placed food in the mouth's of dogs, they began to salivate. The salivation was a(n) ________.

• unconditioned stimulus
• unconditioned response
• conditioned response
• conditioned stimulus

John Watson and his colleague, Rosalie Rayner, offered a live white rat to Little Albert and then made a loud noise behind his head by striking a steel bar with a hammer. The white rat served as the _____________ in their study.

• discriminative stimulus
• conditioned stimulus
• unconditioned stimulus
• extinguished stimulus

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

• Unconditioned Stimulus

• Unconditioned Response

• Conditioned Stimulus

• Conditioned Response