AP Psychology Unit 4 Learning

A lion in a circus learns to stand up on a chair and jump through a hoop to receive a food treat is an example of what type of learning?

• classical conditioning

• operant conditioning

• observational learning

• behavioral learning

Ivan Pavlov has been credited with the initial discovery of

• operant conditioning.
• reinforcement
• classical conditioning.
• vicarious conditioning.

Which form of learning would most likely be studied in a Skinner's box?

• classical conditioning

• vicarious conditioning

• operant conditioning

• conditioned emotional responses

You could receive a text message at any random time.  You are reinforced on a ______schedule of reinforcement

• fixed ratio
• variable ratio
• variable interval
• fixed interval

Influential psychologist conducting research on operant conditioning; animals and humans can be trained using positive and negative reinforcement; as well as positive and negative punishment.

• B.F. Skinner

• Albert Bandura

• John Garcia

• Walter Mischel

Which of the following was an influential social cognitive psychologist who is best known for his social learning theory, the concept of self-efficacy, and his famous Bobo doll experiments?

• John B. Watson

• Edward Tolman

• Robert Rescorla

• Albert Bandura

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

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