AP Psychology: Learning Theorists

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Who conducted the classical conditioning experiment on Little Albert to instill a fear of a white rat after pairing it with a loud noise?

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John Watson

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Conducted experiments with rats and mazes to examine the role that reinforcement plays in the way that rats learn their way through complex mazes; led to idea of cognitive maps and latent learning.

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Edward Tolman

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Who studied taste aversion in rats and helped with having wolves be fearful of sheep for ranch farmers?

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John Garcia

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Russian physiologist known primarily for his work in classical conditioning with dogs and salivation.

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Ivan Pavlov

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an American psychologist who specializes in the involvement of COGNITIVE processes in classical conditioning focusing on animal learning and behavior.

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Robert Rescorla

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Influential psychologist conducting research on operant conditioning; animals and humans can be trained using positive and negative reinforcement; as well as positive and negative punishment.

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B.F. Skinner

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famous in psychology for his work on learning theory that lead to the development of operant conditioning within behaviorism; law of effect theory..."reward behavior is likely to occur again."

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Edward Thorndike

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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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American psychologist best known for his groundbreaking study on delayed gratification known as “the marshmallow test.”

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Walter Mischel

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Who is known for the theory of learned helplessness popular among scientific and clinical psychologists?

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Martin Seligman