AP Psychology: Learning

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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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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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Ivan Pavlov has been credited with the initial discovery of

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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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In John Watson's "Little Albert" experiment, what was the UCS?

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The loud noise

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

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Acquisition

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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