Unit 2 Learning Review

What is classical conditioning?

• Learning caused by pairing and association of two stimuli
• Learning by responding to environmental stimuli
• Learning explained by its consequences
• Learning explained by modelling 

Define conditioned response

• A response that does not have to be learned
• A response that has been learned
• A stimulus that produced the response in an unconditioned reflex
• A form of learning

Who is the psychologist known for Classical Conditioning

• Ivan Pavlov
• Sigmund Freud
• Skinner
• E.L Thorndike 

Pavlov's initial interest in classical conditioning was stimulated when he observed his research dogs salivating at the sight of

• Food
• The attendants / sound of the bell
• Saliva
• The food dish

In Pavlov's classic experiment, food was the

• Unconditioned stimulus
• Unconditioned response
• conditioned stimulus
• conditioned response

When a child hears a loud noise, he cries. The family's dog often barks loudly. Each time the child sees the dog, he cries. What is the conditioned response?

• the dog
• The loud noise
• The crying
• The Barking

Once Pavlov's dogs learned to salivate to the sound of a bell, the bell was a(n)

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

What is operant conditioning?

• A type of learning in which we make an association between two events by repeated exposure.

• A type of learning about the relationship between behavior and its consequences This relationship affects our future actions.

Reinforcement is anything that strengthens or increases the frequency of a preceding response.

• True

• False

When you give your dog a treat after he uses the bathroom outside. This is an example of...

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Punishment