Learning Unit Test

Conducted classical conditioning experiment on Little Albert for him to fear a white rat after pairing with a loud noise.

• Albert Bandura

• John Watson

• Ivan Pavlov

• Edward Thorndike

Along with Robert Koelling he studied taste aversion in rats noticing rats would avoid water in radiation chambers due to it making them ill; he also helped with having wolves be fearful of sheep for ranch farmers. Timing of Conditioned Stimulus can be delayed and still have much power.

• John Pavlov

• B.F. Skinner

• John Watson

• John Garcia

Russian physiologist known primarily for his work in classical conditioning with dogs and salivation.

• Edward Thorndike

• John Watson

• Ivan Pavlov

• Martin Seligman

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

famous in psychology for his work on learning theory that lead to the development of operant conditioning within behaviorism; law of effect theory..."reward behavior is likely to occur again."

• John Garcia

• John Watson

• Edward Thorndike

• Walter Mischel

is an influential social cognitive psychologist who is perhaps 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

His theory of learned helplessness is popular among scientific and clinical psychologists.

• Martin Seligman

• Edward Tolman

• B.F. Skinner

• Albert Bandura

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

According to the text, learning involves

• the ability to think abstractly
• a relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience
• the development of prosocial behavior
• a reduction in extrinsic motiviation

Type of learning where one acquires new information by connecting events that happen in an order

• Associative learning
• Classical conditioning
• Operant Conditioning
• Positive reinforcement