GEN PSYCH EXAM 4- CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY DR.
DEWITT QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+
Learning Ans✓✓✓the process of acquiring new and relatively enduring
information or behaviors
Associative Learning Ans✓✓✓learning that certain events occur
together
4 Pioneers of Learning Ans✓✓✓-Ivan Pavlov
-John B. Watson
-B.F. Skinner
-Albert Bandura
Ivan Pavlov Ans✓✓✓discovered classical conditioning; trained dogs to
salivate at the ringing of a bell
Classical Conditioning Ans✓✓✓a type of learning in which one learns
to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events
Conditioning Ans✓✓✓the process of learning associations
Stimulus Ans✓✓✓any event or situation that evokes a response
, Dog Experiment Ans✓✓✓US=Food
UR=Salivation to food
CS=Tone
CR=Salivation to tone
Conditioned Ans✓✓✓learned
Unconditioned Ans✓✓✓unlearned
John B. Watson Ans✓✓✓behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors
of people and their reactions on a given situation; famous for Little
Albert study in which baby was taught to fear a white rat
Behaviorist Ans✓✓✓Behaviors are more important than thoughts,
motives, and feelings
B.F. Skinner Ans✓✓✓Contributions: created techniques to manipulate
the consequences of an organism's behavior in order to observe the
effects of subsequent behavior; Studies: Skinner box
Operant Conditioning Ans✓✓✓a type of learning in which behavior is
strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a
punisher
DEWITT QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+
Learning Ans✓✓✓the process of acquiring new and relatively enduring
information or behaviors
Associative Learning Ans✓✓✓learning that certain events occur
together
4 Pioneers of Learning Ans✓✓✓-Ivan Pavlov
-John B. Watson
-B.F. Skinner
-Albert Bandura
Ivan Pavlov Ans✓✓✓discovered classical conditioning; trained dogs to
salivate at the ringing of a bell
Classical Conditioning Ans✓✓✓a type of learning in which one learns
to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events
Conditioning Ans✓✓✓the process of learning associations
Stimulus Ans✓✓✓any event or situation that evokes a response
, Dog Experiment Ans✓✓✓US=Food
UR=Salivation to food
CS=Tone
CR=Salivation to tone
Conditioned Ans✓✓✓learned
Unconditioned Ans✓✓✓unlearned
John B. Watson Ans✓✓✓behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors
of people and their reactions on a given situation; famous for Little
Albert study in which baby was taught to fear a white rat
Behaviorist Ans✓✓✓Behaviors are more important than thoughts,
motives, and feelings
B.F. Skinner Ans✓✓✓Contributions: created techniques to manipulate
the consequences of an organism's behavior in order to observe the
effects of subsequent behavior; Studies: Skinner box
Operant Conditioning Ans✓✓✓a type of learning in which behavior is
strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a
punisher
