AP Psychology - Learning Unit 4

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A slot machine rewards the player with coins after they try an unpredictable amount of times. This is an example of a..

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variable-ratio schedule

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After helping clean the dinner table, a child is rewarded with ice cream. This is an example of…

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positive reinforcement

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The student is very confident in her work and thinks she got a good grade on her presentation. Her perception is of…

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internal locus of control

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People are more inclined to fear heights and spiders compared to butterflies and flowers. This is due to...

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biological preparedness

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An original neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response is known as a...

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conditioned stimulus

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What is the tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses?

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Stimulus Generalization

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During his experiments with dogs, the unconditioned response in Pavlov's experiment was...

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salivation

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Who is an influential social cognitive psychologist known for his social learning theory, the concept of self-efficacy, and the Bobo doll experiments?

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Albert Bandura

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When we eventually lose our sensitivity to an oft-repeated stimulus. Once this occurs we will have reduced sensitivity to that stimulus, even if the stimulus changes.

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habituation

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The food in Pavlov's experiment caused an unconditioned response. The food was the

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Unconditioned stimulus