Psychology Learning

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What type of learning is demonstrated when a person jumps back automatically after hearing the flush of a toilet, before the water temperature changes?

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Classical conditioning

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In a classic experiment, "Little Albert," a very young boy, was conditioned to be afraid of a rat. He also became fearful of white furry rabbits and bearded men. This is an example of

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classical conditioning.

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Which form of learning would most likely be studied in an operant "Skinner box" where an animal is rewarded or punished?

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operant conditioning

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In John Watson's "Little Albert" experiment, what was the Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)?

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The loud noise

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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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neutral conditioned stimulus

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

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Conditioned Response

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Learning that occurs due to reward and punishment

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Operant Conditioning

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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

Answer explanation

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Small successive step taken(reinforcers) in which to get an organism to learn a behavior(like touching a shoe) is called __.

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Shaping

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The view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes was called

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behaviorism.