AB&C- Lecture 4 starter activity

Niko Tinbergen's four questions were developed through which school of thought?

• Behaviourists

• Animal Psychologists

• Ethologists

• None of those mentioned here

Ethologists were concerned with what?

• General behavioural principles

• Underlying behavioural rules that can be applied across species

• Operant conditioning

• The evolution of behaviour

Fred Skinner was ...

• an Animal Behaviourist/Psychologist

• An Ethologist

• A very naughty boy

Classical conditions relies on

• An animal accidentally performing the desired behaviour

• An animal observing and learning from others

• The pairing of an environmental stimulus with a fixed behavioural response

• Repeated exposure of a stimulus until no behavioural response occurs

What happened when Thorndikes cats accidentally pressed the lever to allow them to escape the box?

• They would have to do the experiment numerous times before learning cause and affect

• They decided to stay put (if I fits, I sits)

• They did not link the lever with the action (they didn't press the lever the next time around)

• They would intentionally press the lever the next time they were placed in the box

A light-bulb moment is called:

• Operant Learning

• Observational Learning

• A Fixed Action Pattern

• Insight Learning

The unconditioned stimulus (e.g. food) results in an unconditioned response (e.g. salivation). When does this occur in the classical conditioning process?

• Before conditioning

• During Conditioning

• After Conditioning

Before conditioning, the bell in the Pavlov's dog experiments were what type of stimulus?

• Unconditioned

• Conditioned

• Neutral

What is the main difference between insight learning and other forms of learning?

• The ability for an animal to draw on other experiences/observations

• The cognitive ability of the species

• The time of day

• When the animal ate last