Psych Unit 6 Review Game

What type of learning occurs when someone solves a problem suddenly without prior experience or direct reinforcement?

• Latent learning

• Operant conditioning

• Insight learning

• Classical conditioning

What is the term for the process where learning is molded by rewarding successive approximations of a desired behavior?

• Shaping

• Extinction

• Habituation

• Reinforcement

What occurs when a behavior is no longer reinforced and eventually disappears?

• Spontaneous recovery

• Shaping

• Stimulus discrimination

• Extinction

What is the term for a mental image of the layout of one's environment that can guide behavior?

• Classical conditioning

• Cognitive learning

• Cognitive map

• Mental rehearsal

In operant conditioning, what term refers to any consequence that decreases the likelihood of a preceding behavior?

• Punishment

• Extinction

• Shaping

• Reinforcement

In Skinner's operant chamber, what does the lever or disk serve as?

• A reward for the behavior

• A stimulus that triggers a response

• A way to measure the response

• A method to shape behavior

What type of reinforcement involves giving a reward based on a specific number of responses?

• Fixed-ratio schedule

• Continuous reinforcement

• Variable interval schedule

• Fixed-interval schedule

What happens when a previously neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus by being paired with an unconditioned stimulus?

• Generalization

• Spontaneous recovery

• Acquisition

• Extinction

Who is most closely associated with the discovery of classical conditioning?

• Sigmund Freud

• Ivan Pavlov

• John B. Watson

• B.F. Skinner

What is a key concept in operant conditioning?

• Learning through insight

• Learning through observation

• Associating two stimuli

• Associating a behavior with its consequence