LEARNING MODULE QUESTIONS
WITH RIGHT ACCURATE ANSWERS .
What is learning? - Correct Answer -permanent changes in behavior resulting from
experiences
Major learning theories - Correct Answer --behaviorism (learning as changes in overt
behavior)
-constructivism (learning as changes in thinking)
Behaviorism: - Correct Answer -Focuses on external events
Behavior is a product of - Correct Answer -environment
○ No need for mental references/innate causes
○ No mind/soul/spirit
● Human behavior can be studied similar to a natural science
Premack Principle - Correct Answer -■ Principle stating that a more-preferred activity
can serve as a reinforcer for a less-preferred activity.
Enjoy life: "Tools of the trade" - Correct Answer -● Programmed Instruction was very
important
in its day
● Value is dependent on your definition of "learning"
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, paired with a stimulus that evokes an emotional or physiological response until eventually,
neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus leading to a conditioned response
Classical Conditioning - Correct Answer -○ Stimulus: event that activates a behavior
○ Response: observable reaction to a stimulus
Neutral Stimulus - Correct Answer -has no initial response (the ringing of a bell will have no
initial response for a dog)
Unconditioned Stimulus - Correct Answer -is a stimulus that naturally causes a response (the
smell of food causes a dog to salivate)
Unconditioned Response - Correct Answer -is the natural response to an unconditioned
stimulus (the dog salivating in response to the smell of food)
Conditioned Stimulus - Correct Answer -the Neutral Stimulus becomes paired with the
Unconditioned Stimulus (ringing the bell when food is presented leads to association with
food)
Conditioned Response - Correct Answer -is the response to the Conditioned Stimulus
(salivating when the dog hears the bell only, with no food present)
B.F Skinner - Correct Answer -Believed Classical Conditioning accounted for only a small
portion of learned behaviors
○ Environment is important, but we actively operate on it
○ B. F. Skinner acknowledged the role of physiological variables, but thought they were the
domain of other discipline
We learn to behave in certain ways as we operate on the environment. - Correct Answer -●
Behaviors are preceded by antecedents and followed by consequences
● Operant behavior can be altered (learned) by changes in the antecedents, consequences, or
both
Operant Conditioning - Correct Answer -Learning where voluntary behavior is strengthened
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WITH RIGHT ACCURATE ANSWERS .
What is learning? - Correct Answer -permanent changes in behavior resulting from
experiences
Major learning theories - Correct Answer --behaviorism (learning as changes in overt
behavior)
-constructivism (learning as changes in thinking)
Behaviorism: - Correct Answer -Focuses on external events
Behavior is a product of - Correct Answer -environment
○ No need for mental references/innate causes
○ No mind/soul/spirit
● Human behavior can be studied similar to a natural science
Premack Principle - Correct Answer -■ Principle stating that a more-preferred activity
can serve as a reinforcer for a less-preferred activity.
Enjoy life: "Tools of the trade" - Correct Answer -● Programmed Instruction was very
important
in its day
● Value is dependent on your definition of "learning"
1
, paired with a stimulus that evokes an emotional or physiological response until eventually,
neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus leading to a conditioned response
Classical Conditioning - Correct Answer -○ Stimulus: event that activates a behavior
○ Response: observable reaction to a stimulus
Neutral Stimulus - Correct Answer -has no initial response (the ringing of a bell will have no
initial response for a dog)
Unconditioned Stimulus - Correct Answer -is a stimulus that naturally causes a response (the
smell of food causes a dog to salivate)
Unconditioned Response - Correct Answer -is the natural response to an unconditioned
stimulus (the dog salivating in response to the smell of food)
Conditioned Stimulus - Correct Answer -the Neutral Stimulus becomes paired with the
Unconditioned Stimulus (ringing the bell when food is presented leads to association with
food)
Conditioned Response - Correct Answer -is the response to the Conditioned Stimulus
(salivating when the dog hears the bell only, with no food present)
B.F Skinner - Correct Answer -Believed Classical Conditioning accounted for only a small
portion of learned behaviors
○ Environment is important, but we actively operate on it
○ B. F. Skinner acknowledged the role of physiological variables, but thought they were the
domain of other discipline
We learn to behave in certain ways as we operate on the environment. - Correct Answer -●
Behaviors are preceded by antecedents and followed by consequences
● Operant behavior can be altered (learned) by changes in the antecedents, consequences, or
both
Operant Conditioning - Correct Answer -Learning where voluntary behavior is strengthened
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