Psychology: Learning

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

• Generalization

• Discrimination

• Acquisition

• Extinction

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

• True

• False

Alexa got food poisoning from the food she ate at a local restaurant. Now, every time she sees or hears about the restaurant, she gets nauseous. In terms of classical conditioning, the restaurant is a: 

• conditioned response

• conditioned stimulus

• unconditioned response

• unconditioned stimulus

A new mom picking up her baby every time the baby cries is an example of...

• a positive reinforcer

• a negative reinforcer

A Skinner box is a(n)

• soundproof cubicle in which organisms are classically conditioned in the absence of distracting noise.

• A chamber

  containing a bar an animal can press to receive a reward.

In which form of learning is behavior said to be influenced by its consequences?

• Classical conditioning

• Operant conditoning

• Social learning theory

What do some scientists believe is the biological basis for "monkey see, monkey do" or the social learning theory?

• sensory neurons

• motor neurons

• mirror neurons