Introduction to Psycholoy: Learning

What is the best definition of learning?

• A temporary change in behavior caused by external factors.

• A relatively permanent change in behavior or knowledge that results from experience or practice.

• The process of memorizing facts without understanding.

• A random change in behavior without a clear cause.

What occurs when an organism makes connection between stimuli or events that occur together in the environment?

• Latent Learning

• Associative learning

• Observational Learning

• Cognitive Learning

Who introduced Classical conditioning?

• B.F Skinner

• Edward C. Tolman

• Ivan Pavlov

• Edward Bandura

What is the best definition of Classical conditioning?

• A type of learning where behavior is strengthened by rewards or weakened by punishments.

• A process of learning by observing and imitating the behavior of others.

• A learning method that involves solving problems through trial and error.

• A type of learning in which a neutral stimulus acquires the ability to produce a response originally produced by a different stimulus.

Pavlov realized that an organism has two types of responses to its environment. Which are?

• Conditioned and unconditioned

• Latent and manifest

• Reinforcement and Punishment

• Concious and Unconcious

A stimulus that elicits a reflexive response in an organism. This refers to?

• Unconditioned Stimulus

• Unconditioned response

• Conditioned Stimulus

• Conditioned response

The automatic and involuntary response to a naturally occurring or unconditioned stimulus. This refers to?

• Unconditioned stimulus

• Unconditioned response

• neutral stimulus

• conditioned stimulus

• Conditioned response

A stimulus that does not naturally elicit a response. This refers to?

• Unconditioned stimulus

• Unconditioned response

• 
  neutral stimulus

• conditioned stimulus

• Conditioned response

A stimulus that elicits a response after repeatedly being paired with an unconditioned stimulus. This refers to?

• Unconditioned stimulus

• Unconditioned response

• neutral stimulus

• conditioned stimulus

• Conditioned response

A learned reflex response to a conditioned stimulus. This refers to?

• Unconditioned stimulus

• Unconditioned response

• neutral stimulus

• conditioned stimulus

• Conditioned response