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Unit 6 Summary
Directions: You must summarize each concept in your own words in a minimum of three sentences. The
purpose is not for you to regurgitate the text and not learn anything. The purpose is to read, reflect, and
summarize using your own thought.
Associative learning
What is Classical Conditioning?
Explain Pavlov’s Experiment and Conclusion:
Explain the following terms:
NS –
US –
UR –
CS –
CR –
Acquisition
Extinction & Spontaneous Recovery
Generalization vs. Discrimination
How does operant conditioning work?
Shaping Behavior
Positive vs. negative reinforcement
Primary vs. Conditioned Reinforcers
Continuous vs. Partial Reinforcement
Explain the following reinforcement schedules:
Fixed-Ratio:
Variable-Ratio:
Fixed-Interval:
Variable-Interval:
Does Punishment work?
How can Operant Conditioning be applied at school, sports, work, etc?
Biofeedback
John Garcia’s Taste Aversion
Latent Learning
Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation: What works better?
Problem-Focused vs. Emotion-Focused coping: What works better?
How does Learned Helplessness Develop?
Internal vs. External Locus of Control
Explain Bandura’s study on Observational Learning
Mirrors and Imitation in the Brain
Unit 6 Vocabulary
Please define the vocab words for Unit 6. You may copy the book if you want to, but make sure you
understand the definition.
1. Habituation
2. Behaviorism
3. Acquisition
4. Spontaneous Recovery
5. Generalization
6. Operant Conditioning
7. Law of Effect
8. Primary Reinforcement
9. Positive Reinforcement
10. Negative Reinforcement
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11. Latent Learning
12. Intrinsic Motivation
13. Extrinsic Motivation
14. Learned Helplessness
15. Modeling