AP PSYCH - Learning

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Negative reinforcement _______ the rate of a response; punishment ______ the rate of a response.

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Increases; decreases

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Attention, memory, imitation and motivation are the four elements required for the process of:

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Observational (social) learning

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John Watson and his colleague, Rosalie Rayner, offered a live white rat to Little Albert and then made a loud noise behind his head by striking a steel bar with a hammer. The white rat served as the _____________ in their study.

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conditioned stimulus

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According to _________ theory, you are not consciously aware of how external stimuli have shaped your behavioral responses.

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priming

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With regards to ground beef, consumers respond more positively to an ad describing it as “75 percent lean” than to one referring to its “25 percent fat” content. This is an example of:

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The framing effect

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In the scenario where Brian ate a tuna salad sandwich that had become tainted from being in the sun too long and felt extremely nauseated, what is the conditioned response (CR)?

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nausea

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If you get violently ill a couple of hours after eating contaminated food, you will probably develop an aversion to the taste of that food but not to the sight of the restaurant where you ate it. This best illustrates that associative learning is constrained by

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biological predispositions

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Maddie gets a speeding ticket, and her parents take her car away for 2 weeks. What type of Operational Conditioning is taking place?

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negative punishment

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What term is explained by the process where Leah rewards her daughter each time she says something that is close to appropriate, helping her learn good manners?

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shaping

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When an animal receives a punishment but learns that pressing a button will eliminate the punishment, escape learning takes place. However, if there is no response that will turn off the shock, the situation is best described as what?

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learned helplessness