Learning Quiz

What is the initial stage in classical conditioning when a neutral stimulus begins triggering a conditioned response?

• Extinction

• Acquisition

• Counterconditioning

• Fixed Ratio

What type of learning involves linking two or more stimuli and anticipating events?

• Cognitive Map

• Associative Learning

• Classical Conditioning

• Fixed Interval

What is a mental representation of the layout of one's environment called?

• Cognitive Map

• Behavioral Perspective

• Biological Preparedness

• Conditioned Stimulus

What is the term for rewarding the desired response every time it occurs?

• Fixed Ratio

• Continuous Reinforcement

• Extinction

• Conditioned Response

What is the learned response to a previously neutral stimulus called?

• Conditioned Stimulus

• Conditioned Response

• Extinction

• Acquisition

What is habituation?

• A sudden realization of a problem's solution

• Decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation

• The process of observing and imitating a specific behavior

• Increasing behaviors by stopping or reducing negative stimuli

What is higher-order conditioning?

• A procedure in which the CS in one conditioning experience is paired with a new NS, creating a second (often weaker) CS

• The tendency of learned behavior to revert to biologically predisposed patterns

• Learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it

• A relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience

What is insight learning?

• The hopelessness and passive resignation an animal or human learns when unable to avoid repeated aversive events

• A sudden realization of a problem's solution

• The process of observing and imitating a specific behavior

• Learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it

What is instinctive drift?

• The tendency of learned behavior to gradually revert to biologically predisposed patterns

• A relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience

• Increasing behaviors by stopping or reducing negative stimuli

• A procedure in which the CS in one conditioning experience is paired with a new NS

What is latent learning?

• Learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it

• A sudden realization of a problem's solution

• The process of observing and imitating a specific behavior

• Decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation