Psychology Unit #4 Review

What is the type of learning in which a stimulus gains the power to cause a response in a subject?

• Operant Conditioning

• Visual Learning

• Classical Conditioning

• Observational Learning

What is the name of the thing in the environment that causes a response in a subject?

• Stimulus

• Respondent

• Control Group

• Independent Practice

What is the name of producing different responses to two similar stimuli?

• Generalization

• Discrimination

• Punishment

• Reinforcement

Which psychologist conditioned dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell?

• John Garcia

• B.F. Skinner

• John Watson

• Ivan Pavlov

What is called when you avoid certain flavors due to their association with nauseau?

• Taste Aversion

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Observational Learning

What type of learning focuses on the frequency of a behavior changing based on the consequence?

• Observational Learning

• Classical Conditioning

• Operant Conditioning

• B.F. Skinner

What word refers to an action that will increase the likelihood of a behavior in the future?

• Operant Conditioning

• Punishment

• Reinforcement

• Taste Aversion

What word refers to a consequence that will decrease the likelihood of a behavior in the future?

• Punishment

• Reinforcement

• Stimulus

• Response

Anything that increases the likelihood of a behavior by following it with a desirable event or state?

• Positive Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Reinforcement

• Negative Punishment

Anything that increases the likelihood of a behavior by following it with the removal of an undesirable event or state?

• Positive Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Reinforcement

• Negative Punishment