Psychology Learning

Responding similarly to similar stimuli is an example of which classical conditioning principle?

• Generalization

• Discrimination

• Acquisition

• Extinction

Playing a slot machine would be an example of what type of reinforcement schedule:

• fixed ratio

• variable interval

• fixed interval

• variable ratio

Learning to respond different to similar but different stimuli is an example of which classical conditioning principle?

• Generalization

• Discrimination

• Acquisition

• Extinction

Who is associated with operant conditioning?

• BF Skinner

• John B. Watson

• Sigmund Freud

• Ivan Pavlov

Who is associated with classical conditioning?

• BF Skinner

• Sigmund Freud

• Max Weber

• Ivan Pavlov

The unconditioned stimulus in the Pavlov case would be the dog.

• True

• False

The conditioned stimulus in the Little Albert case would be the rat.

• True

• False

Pavlov found that operant conditioning was most reliable and effective when the conditioned stimulus(sound) was presented exactly two hours before the unconditioned stimulus(food).

• True

• False

If a response has experienced generalization, that means the person or animal responds to similar objects in the same way. Example: The dog drools at the sight of an oval and a circle.

• True

• False

The Bed-Wetting Case, where the Mowrers discovered a solution to bed-wetting by putting sheets on their bed that will sound an alarm when wet, is an example of operant conditioning.

• True

• False