Classical Conditioning vs. Operant Conditioning

What is classical conditioning?

• Learning caused by pairing and association of two stimuli

• Learning by responding to environmental stimuli

• Learning explained by its consequences

• Learning explained by modelling 

Define conditioned response

• A response that does not have to be learned

• A form of learning

• A response that has been learned

• A stimulus that produced the response in an unconditioned reflex

Who is the psychologist known for Classical Conditioning

• E.L Thorndike 

• Sigmund Freud

• Ivan Pavlov

• Skinner

Which of the following is an unconditioned response?

• clapping after a thrilling concert performance

• jumping rope

• running through a maze to get a food reward

• sweating in hot weather

The conditioned response (CR) is the usually the same as the

• CS

• UCS

• UCR

• CR

Operant conditioning is:

• a type of learning in which the frequency of responding depends on consequences.

• a way to describe certain thoughts or cognitions about operations, like problem-solving.

• conditioning that involves pairing unconditioned and conditioned stimuli.

• learning by observing the operations of other people.

¨What is a Skinner box?

• ¨A normal Box

• ¨ A shoe box

• ¨It’s a box where skinner had a rat pressed a bar for food rewards.

• A box with Skinner’s childhood toys.

Which of the following is an example of negative reinforcement?

• A person who is hungry will work for food.

• Someone who becomes too warm in the sun moves into the shade.

• Children receive points for earning good grades that can be exchanged for snacks.

• Star athletes who do not achieve the required grades are removed from the team.

If every correct response is reinforced, _____ is being used.

• continuous reinforcement

• operant conditioning

• partial reinforcement

• positive reinforcement

The primary basis behind operant conditioning is Edward Thorndike’s:

• partial reinforcement.

• latent learning.

• law of effect.

• cognitive map.