Learning; Mod 20

Acquiring new behaviors and information through observation and information, rather than by direct experience

• classical conditioning

• operant conditioning

• cognitive learning

Classical and Operative Conditioning are a form of ___________ learning.

• cognitive

• associative

• symbolic

A leader in research about operant conditioning.

• B.F. Skinner

• John B. Watson

• Wilhelm Wundt

A stimulus which does not trigger a response.

• natural

• neutral

• responsive

Turning neutral stimulus into a conditioned stimulus by associating it with another conditioned stimulus.

• higher order conditioning

• secondary conditioning

• consequent conditioning

For the association to be acquired, the neutral stimulus (NS) needs to repeatedly appear _________ the unconditioned stimulus.

• before

• during

• after

A return of the conditioned response despite a lack of further conditioning.

• extinction

• spontaneous recovery

• acquisition

Pavlov conditioned dogs to drool when rubbed; they also drooled when scratched.

• discrimination

• separation

• generalization

In line with the definition of discrimination, Pavlov's dogs

• drooled more when they heard a different pitch of bell

• drooled less when they heard a different pitch of bell

• were not triggered to drool

John B. Watson's partner in the Little Albert experiments.

• Mary Whiton Calkins

• Margaret Floy Washburn

• Rosalie Rayner