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100 What type of learning takes place when we learn to associate 2 stimuli and we are
unaware of it? Classical conditioning
200 When you reinforce the small steps along the way to building an overall behavior it
is known as…shaping
300 What study showed that children imitate behaviors they see AND whose experiment
was this? Albert Bandura’s Bobo Doll
400 A student earned Fs on his first two Geometry tests and says “I’m just not good at
math” and doesn’t try for the rest of the school year. What is this an example of AND
what psychologist is associated with it? learned helplessness, Martin Seligman
500 A boy grows up watching his dad change the oil in the family cars. When he turns
16, dad buys the boy his own car and is shocked to see the boy changes the oil one day
after school. What is this an example of? Latent learning
Sassy Psychologists
100 Name 2 psychologists associated with classical conditioning AND their experiments.
Pavlov-salivating dogs, Watson-Little Albert
200 Who is considered the absolute “boss” of operant conditioning? BF Skinner
300 Who came up with the Law of Effect? Edward Thorndike
400 Who observed chimps problem solving to get fruit (insight learning)? Kohler
500 What psychologist is credited with showing that classical conditioning also involves
cognition (thinking, etc) through his experiments with dogs, tones, shocks, and fear?
Robert Rescorla
Crazy Conditioning
100 What is the formula for classical conditioning? UCS UCR
NS
CSCR
200 The point at which the neutral stimulus becomes the conditioned stimulus and creates
the conditioned response (aka a new behavior has been created) is called…acquisition
300 Little Albert was conditioned to be afraid of rats. That fear soon spread to other items
of the same texture, shape, color like dogs and stuffed animals. This is an example of
what phenomenon? generalization
400 You have been taught to leave a classroom when you hear the sound of a bell over
the intercom. You do not leave the classroom when you hear a car honk its horn outside.
What is this is an example of? Discrimination
500 Ryan keeps asking Ms. Williams to go to the bathroom. After being told no every
day for a month, he stops asking. What is this an example of? extinction
Reinforce This!
100 A factory worker is paid for each chair she completes. This is what partial schedule
of reinforcement? Fixed ratio
200 A teacher gives praise to his students at random times. What partial schedule of
reinforcement? Variable interval
300 You are making your wonderful 6th period teacher cookies for Christmas. You check
the oven every ten minutes to see if the cookies are ready. What partial schedule of
reinforcement? Fixed interval
400 If your teachers were to get a $20 bonus for each student that scored advanced on a
CST test, what type of partial reinforcement would that be? Fixed ratio
500 You buy lottery tickets because you want to win money to pay for my upcoming
wedding. What partial schedule of reinforcement? Variable ratio
Spank Me
100 What would you want to employ when trying to increase a behavior? reinforcement
200 What type of reinforcement/punishment is the following: You study for an hour and
reward yourself by eating pizza. Positive reinforcement
300 What type of reinforcement/punishment is the following: turning on the air
conditioning during a hot summer day. Negative reinforcement
400 What type of reinforcement/punishment is the following: You give your mom
attitude when she asks you to clean your room so she takes away your phone for the rest
of the week. Negative punishment
500 What type of reinforcement/punishment is the following: A dog bites you because it
doesn’t like to way you are playing with it. Positive punishment
Totally Tubular Terms
100 Your mom tells your little brother that he must finish his science project in order to
go to the movies with his friends. What idea is this is following? Premack Principle
200 Things that we have learned to value are known as what AND give an
example…secondary reinforcers, money, fame…
300 Joan’s husband
400 What idea argues that a behavior is more likely to occur again if it is rewarded? Law
the Effect (Thorndike, cats in the maze)
500 What is the new idea that could explain why the brain experiences observational
learning? Mirror neurons (frontal lobe)
Extra Crap
100 What is a permanent change in behavior due to experience? learning
200 If your electricity were to go out tonight you would still be able to find your way
around the house because Edward Toleman showed we have what? Cognitive maps
300 The smell of your girlfriend’s cherry chapstick gets you all hot and bothered. Then
you broke up and you no longer get to smell the cherry chapstick. One day while sitting
in Twisselman’s Lit class you get a whiff of the same smell and get excited. Why?
Spontaneous recovery
400 A monkey wants to get a peanut out of a small tube. After staring at it for twenty
minutes, he fills it with water and out pops the peanut. What is this an example of?
Insight learning
500 Whose studies on taste aversions showed that there are biological factors involved in
learning? John Garcia