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Name_________________
Introduction To Psychology
Mrs. Andrews
Operant & Classical Review
Directions: Look over the terms below, know their definitions and how they relate to learning!
Classical conditioning- know the diagram!
NS
US
UR
CS
CR
Phobias
Desensitization therapy
Mary Cover Jones’ therapy vs. Wolpe’s
“Classical conditioning is selective”
Taste aversion
Operant Conditioning
Be able to label: stimulus, spontaneous behavior, consequence, response
Thorndike’s Law of Effect
Reinforcement (positive & Negative)
Punishment- how/ when punishment can be effective
Avoidance training
“Operant conditioning is selective”
Superstitious behavior
Learned helplessness
Response acquisition CC
Intermittent pairing
Response Acquisition OC
Skinner box
Shaping
Extinction
Spontaneous Recovery
Stimulus generalization
Stimulus discrimination
How does discrimination occur in OC?
Higher order conditioning
Primary & Secondary reinforces
Name_________________
Introduction To Psychology
Mrs. Andrews
Operant & Classical Review
*Look over classical conditioning diagrams and examples & Operant conditioning (S, SB, C, R)
1. “Classical conditioning is selective”
Please explain the statement above… (pages 189-191 or 194 in the new book may be helpful)
2. What does food aversion have to do with this? How is it an exception to the rule?
3. Reinforcement vs. Punishment What is the difference between the two?
4. Describe a situation when you would use one over another.
5. What conditions have to be met in order for punishment to be effective?
6. What are drawbacks to using punishment?
7. Explain avoidance training. How can it be used?
8. “Operant conditioning is selective”
Please explain the statement above… (page 196 or 201 may be helpful)
9. Please describe CC’s response acquisition
10. Explain: “…learning eventually reaches a point of diminishing returns.”
11. What is intermittent pairing and how can it change learning?
12. Why is “response acquisition in operant conditioning somewhat more difficult than in classical
conditioning?”
13. What is a skinner box and what role does it have in response acquisition? What is another method to
speed up response acquisition?
14. Explain extinction and spontaneous recovery…
15. Define stimulus generalization and stimulus discrimination.
16. Below are everyday situations in which some form of operant behavior is occurring. After reading each
scenario, indicate whether it is an instance of generalization or discrimination.
a. We stop our vehicles when the traffic light is red, but continue through the light when it is green.
b. We sit quietly in our seats during class examinations, church services, theatrical presentations,
and funerals.
c. We raise our hands before speaking in class but not while talking to a friend or while at a party.
d. We put our feet up on our desk and coffee table at home, but not on our grandparents' coffee
table.
e. We mistake a stranger for a friend of ours.
f. We answer the doorbell when it was really the phone that was ringing.
17. Explain how discrimination occurs in OC?
18. Explain higher order conditioning…. Why is it difficult to achieve?
19. What are primary & secondary reinforces in CC?
20. What is a contingency in CC?
21. Explain the experiment with animals experiencing tones and shocks…
22. What are the results of backwards conditioning?
23. What is blocking? What role does it play in conditioning?