Unit 7 Learning

Front

How does learning happen?

Back

Learning happens through experience.

Front

What is the association-related difference between classical conditioning and operant conditioning?

Back

Classical conditioning associates two or more stimuli; operant conditioning associates a behavior and its consequence.

Front

What is the conditioned stimulus in Pavlov's experiment where dogs salivated at the sound of a metronome?

Back

the metronome

Front

Which concept of operant learning does the scenario showcase? Joanne was bitten by a duck as a child. As an adult, she has learned to fear all birds.

Back

generalization

Front

Which statement below best describes Thorndike's law of effect?

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Behaviors eliciting favorable consequences are likely to continue, and those with unfavorable consequences are likely to stop.

Front

Your local sandwich shop rewards you with a free sandwich after you purchase 10. Which concept of learning does the example show?

Back

positive reinforcement

Front

What happened when the food was no longer presented with the metronome ringing?

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Extinction. The dogs no longer associated the metronome with food and, therefore, stopped salivating at the sound of the metronome.

Front

Which type of operant conditioning encourages behavior, and which type discourages behavior?

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Negative reinforcement encourages behavior; punishment discourages behavior.

Front

What is the type of learning called when children learn behaviors through watching and imitating their parents, peers, and other models?

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observational learning

Front

Research suggests that repeated viewing of violence and aggression in the media has which of the following consequences?

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is correlated with viewers' increased violent and aggressive behaviors