Psychology 110 Chapter 6(Correct answers)
Learning correct answers A change in behavior, resulting from experience
3 Main Types of Learning correct answers non-associative learning
associative learning
learning by watching others
Non-Associative Learning correct answers A person learns about one stimulus which is
information in the external world
Habituation correct answers A decrease in behavioral response after lengthy or repeated
exposure to a stimulus
Sensitization correct answers An increase in behavioral response after lengthy or repeated
exposure to a stimulus.
Associative Learning correct answers Requires understanding how two or more pieces of
information are related to each other
Has two types of associative learning: classical and operant conditioning
Classical Conditioning correct answers Occurs when you a stimulus predicts another stimulus
Operant Conditioning correct answers Occurs when you learn that a behavior leads to a
particular outcome
Learning by Watching Others correct answers Learning by watching others behave
3 types: observational learning, modeling, vicarious conditioning
Observational Learning correct answers When we learn or change behavior after watching a
person engage in that behavior
Vicarious Conditioning correct answers Learning to engage in a behavior or not after seeing
others being rewarded or punished for performing that action
Donald Hebb correct answers Proposed that learning results from alterations in the connections
between synapses
Neurons During Learning correct answers When one neuron excites another, some change takes
place that strengthens the connection between the two neurons
After that original event, the firing of one neuron becomes increasingly likely to cause the firing
of the other neuron
, Long-term Potentiation correct answers Researchers have investigated the enhanced activity that
results from the strengthening of synaptic connections between neurons
LTP effects are most easily observed in brain sites known to be active in learning and memory,
such as the hippocampus.
What's more, the same drugs that improve learning also lead to increased LTP, and those that
block learning also block LTP.
Pavlov's Classic Experiment correct answers
Classical Conditioning Step 1 correct answers A neutral stimulus, that signals an unconditioned
stimulus, begins to produce a response that anticipates and prepares for the unconditioned
stimulus
Associative learning that occurs when a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a stimulus to
which one has an automatic, inborn response.
Unconditioned Stimulus correct answers A stimulus that elicits a response that is innate and does
not require any prior learning.
Unconditioned Response correct answers A response that does not have to be learned, such as a
reflex.
Classical Conditioning Step 2 correct answers A neutral stimulus is presented. The neutral
stimulus can be anything that the dog can see or hear, but it must not be associated with the UR
Classical Conditioning Step 3 correct answers The neutral stimulus is presented along with the
unconditioned stimulus that reliably produces the unconditioned response
Classical Conditioning Step 4 correct answers Evidence will show the person has been
conditioned
Conditioned Stimulus (CS) correct answers Originally irrelevant stimulus that, after association
with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response
Conditioned Response (CR) correct answers Learned response to a previously neutral
conditioned stimulus
Acquisition correct answers The gradual formation of an association between conditioned and
unconditioned stimuli
Extinction correct answers A process in which the conditioned response is weakened when the
conditioned stimulus is repeated without the unconditioned stimulus
Learning correct answers A change in behavior, resulting from experience
3 Main Types of Learning correct answers non-associative learning
associative learning
learning by watching others
Non-Associative Learning correct answers A person learns about one stimulus which is
information in the external world
Habituation correct answers A decrease in behavioral response after lengthy or repeated
exposure to a stimulus
Sensitization correct answers An increase in behavioral response after lengthy or repeated
exposure to a stimulus.
Associative Learning correct answers Requires understanding how two or more pieces of
information are related to each other
Has two types of associative learning: classical and operant conditioning
Classical Conditioning correct answers Occurs when you a stimulus predicts another stimulus
Operant Conditioning correct answers Occurs when you learn that a behavior leads to a
particular outcome
Learning by Watching Others correct answers Learning by watching others behave
3 types: observational learning, modeling, vicarious conditioning
Observational Learning correct answers When we learn or change behavior after watching a
person engage in that behavior
Vicarious Conditioning correct answers Learning to engage in a behavior or not after seeing
others being rewarded or punished for performing that action
Donald Hebb correct answers Proposed that learning results from alterations in the connections
between synapses
Neurons During Learning correct answers When one neuron excites another, some change takes
place that strengthens the connection between the two neurons
After that original event, the firing of one neuron becomes increasingly likely to cause the firing
of the other neuron
, Long-term Potentiation correct answers Researchers have investigated the enhanced activity that
results from the strengthening of synaptic connections between neurons
LTP effects are most easily observed in brain sites known to be active in learning and memory,
such as the hippocampus.
What's more, the same drugs that improve learning also lead to increased LTP, and those that
block learning also block LTP.
Pavlov's Classic Experiment correct answers
Classical Conditioning Step 1 correct answers A neutral stimulus, that signals an unconditioned
stimulus, begins to produce a response that anticipates and prepares for the unconditioned
stimulus
Associative learning that occurs when a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a stimulus to
which one has an automatic, inborn response.
Unconditioned Stimulus correct answers A stimulus that elicits a response that is innate and does
not require any prior learning.
Unconditioned Response correct answers A response that does not have to be learned, such as a
reflex.
Classical Conditioning Step 2 correct answers A neutral stimulus is presented. The neutral
stimulus can be anything that the dog can see or hear, but it must not be associated with the UR
Classical Conditioning Step 3 correct answers The neutral stimulus is presented along with the
unconditioned stimulus that reliably produces the unconditioned response
Classical Conditioning Step 4 correct answers Evidence will show the person has been
conditioned
Conditioned Stimulus (CS) correct answers Originally irrelevant stimulus that, after association
with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response
Conditioned Response (CR) correct answers Learned response to a previously neutral
conditioned stimulus
Acquisition correct answers The gradual formation of an association between conditioned and
unconditioned stimuli
Extinction correct answers A process in which the conditioned response is weakened when the
conditioned stimulus is repeated without the unconditioned stimulus
