Unit 6 Learning

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Ivan Pavlov has been credited with the initial discovery of

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classical conditioning.

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What type of learning is demonstrated when a person jumps back automatically after hearing a toilet flush in the apartment building?

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Classical conditioning

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A lion in a circus learns to stand up on a chair and jump through a hoop to receive a food treat.

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operant conditioning

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When Pavlov placed food in the mouth's of dogs, they began to salivate. The salivation was a(n) ________.

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unconditioned response

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In Pavlov's experiment, the salivating to the sound of a bell is a(n)

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CR

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When learning first takes place, we would say that __ has occurred.

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Acquisition

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The tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to elicit similar responses is called

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Generalization

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The learned ability to distinguish between a CS and other stimuli that does not signal a CR is called

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Discrimination

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The reinforcer, such as food, that gets the organism to continue a behavior is called __.

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Primary Reinforcer

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A little girl gets to eat dessert because she finished all the food on her plate. This is an example of:

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Positive Reinforcement