PSY1001 Learning

Russian physiologist known primarily for his work in classical conditioning with dogs and salivation.

• Edward Thorndike

• John Watson

• Ivan Pavlov

• Martin Seligman

Conducted classical conditioning experiment on Little Albert for him to fear a white rat after pairing with a loud noise.

• Albert Bandura

• John Watson

• Ivan Pavlov

• Edward Thorndike

Ivan Pavlov has been credited with the initial discovery of

• operant conditioning.
• reinforcement
• classical conditioning.
• vicarious conditioning.

A lion in a circus learns to stand up on a chair and jump through a hoop to receive a food treat.

• classical conditioning

• operant conditioning

• observational learning

When learning first takes place, we would say that __ has occurred.

• Acquisition
• Extinction
• Spontaneous Recovery
• Discrimination

Anything that seeks to continue a desired behavior by the removal, escape from, or avoidance of undesired stimulus is called __.

• Negative Reinforcement
• Punishment
• Positive Reinforcement
• Partial Reinforcement

The view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes was called 

• psychoanalysis. 
• behaviorism. 
• cognitive neuroscience.

The views of learning advanced by Ivan Pavlov and John B. Watson underestimated the importance of

• spontaneous recovery.
•  cognitive processes.
• associative learning.
• discrimination.

Carly used to feel nausea when going to McDonalds because she associated the food with illness.  After a few good meals there, she no longer feels the nausea. Which prinicple?

• spontaneous recovery
• extinction
• second-order conditioning
• generalization

ANY EVENT OR SITUATION THAT EVOKES A RESPONSE IS KNOWN AS?

• ACQUISITION

• STIMULUS

• REINFORCMENT

• SHAPING