Psychology: Learning

In Pavlov's experiment the meat was a(n)

• UCS
• UCR
• CS
• CR

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

• UCS
• UCR
• CS
• CR

Who was the person who conditioned Baby Albert to be frightened of a white rat?

• Pavlov
• Watson
• Skinner
• Bandura

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

• Acquisition
• Extinction
• Spontaneous Recovery
• Discrimination

The tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to elicit similar responses is called

• Generalization
• Discrimination
• Spontaneous Recovery
• Aquisition 

The learned ability to distinguish between a CS and other stimuli that does not signal a CR is called

• Classical Conditioning
• Discrimination
• Generalization
• Extinction 

The reappearance of a classically conditioned response after extinction has occurred.  

• Spontaneous Recovery
• Taste Aversion
• Acquisition
• Generalization 

Learning that occurs due to reward and punishment

• Classical Conditioning
• Operant Conditioning
• Learning
• Taste Aversion

What is an Operant Chamber or Skinner Box?

• A laboratory apparatus used to study animal behavior. 
• A relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience
• The persistence of learning over time. 
• The tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to elicit similar responses

The reinforcer, such as food, that gets the organism to continue a behavior is called __.

• Positive Reinforcement
• Primary Reinforcer
• Secondary Reinforcer
• Classical Conditioning