AP Psych Unit 4: Learning Vocab Quiz

In classical stimulus, an originally irrelevant stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response.

• conditioned stimulus (CS)

• conditioned response (CR)

• unconditioned stimulus (US)

• unconditioned response (UR)

When the mind develops a resistance towards a certain food. In simpler terms, eating certain types of food can cause a bad reaction. This is a form of classical conditioning when the body uses a natural instinct as a means of protection.

• taste aversion

• negative reinforcement

• negative punishment

• generalization

Reinforces the first response after a fixed time period.

• fixed ration schedule

• variable ratio schedule

• fixed interval schedule

• variable interval schedule

The process of observing and imitating a specific behavior.

• modeling

• mirror neurons

• shaping

• spontaneous recovery

A sudden often novel (new) realization of the solution to a problem

• spontaneous recovery

• extinction

• insight learning

• modeling

Known for his work on observational learning and for the Bobo doll experiment.

• Edward Tolman

• Albert Bandura

• Edward Thorndike

• BF Skinner

A procedure in which the conditioned stimulus in one conditioning experience is paired with a new neutral stimulus, creating a second (often weaker) conditioned stimulus.

• first order conditioning

• operant conditioning

• modeling

• higher order conditioning

The process of changing patterns of human behavior over the long term using various motivational techniques, mainly consequences (negative reinforcement) and rewards (positive reinforcement). The ultimate goal is to swap objectionable, problematic, or disagreeable behaviors with more positive, desirable behaviors.

• acquisition

• behavior modification

• modeling

• classical conditioning

In classical conditioning, the initial stage, when one links a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus begins triggering the conditioned response.

• learning

• acquisition

• extinction

• spontaneous recovery

Learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it (ex. cognitive map).

• latent learning

• classical conditioning

• insight learning

• observational learning