AP Psychology Unit 3B Learning Review

Which best described the difference between Classical & Operant conditioning?

• CC involves voluntary responses, OC involves reflexes

• CC involves pairing two stimuli, OC involves behaviors & consequences

• CC is associative learning, OC is social learning

• CC is associated with Thorndike, OC is associated with Pavlov

What psychological perspective focuses on learning through the lens of observable actions?

• social

• behavioral

• humanstic

• cognitive

What psychological perspective focuses on learning through observation of others?

• social

• behavioral

• humanstic

• cognitive

What psychological perspective focuses on learning through the mental processes that are happening?

• social

• behavioral

• humanstic

• cognitive

In Pavlov's experiment, what was the unconditioned stimulus?

• food

• salivating at food

• bell

• salivating at bell

In Pavlov's experiment, what was the conditioned response?

• food

• salivating at food

• bell

• salivating at bell

After being conditioned to fear rats, Little Albert showed fear at other small, soft, white things. This shows

• stimulus discrimination

• stimulus generalization

• extinction

• shaping

When does extinction of learned behavior happen in classical conditioning?

• when the UCS and CS are paired together every time

• when the UCS and CS are no longer paired

• when the UCS becomes stronger

• when the CS gets weaker

Paul was always distracted by all the posters in his friends room, but over time, no longer noticed the posters as much. This can be described through what term?

• signal detection theory

• habituation

• maturation

• perceptual set

Superstitious behavior is a result of unintentional

• classical conditioning

• operant conditioning

• social learning theory

• latent learning