Alex the parrot Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

(Questions and answers)Pepperberg parrot learning 2023 Approach - CORRECT ANSWER-Operant Conditioning- based on reinforcements and punishments Psychology being investigated - CORRECT ANSWER-Learning Psychology-operant conditioning, Cognitive Psychology- same and different, categorization Background/Previous Research - CORRECT ANSWER-Premack- pigeons may understand same but not different, involves the ability to use symbols to represent the relationships of sameness and difference be...

Pepperberg -Parrot Learning examination 2023 Psychology being investigated - CORRECT ANSWER-Cognitions: --> the abstract cognitive skill of conceptual categorisation of items as "same" or "different" Learning: --> Using a reinforcement schedule to create associations b/w the object or category and the bale to be learned AIM - CORRECT ANSWER-Pepperberg stated that *"The preset study was undertaken to see if an avian subject could use coal labels to demonstrate a symbolic ...

2023 Pepperberg- Parrot Learning exam Operant Conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER-A theory of how we learn based on the action of trial and error through reward/punishment Animals in Operant Conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER-Thorndike used a cat in a box with a string that would open the door to escape. Skinner gave rats a lever to release food. Showed - both showed that animals have some cognitive learning ability and actions aren't just instinctual. Argument for use of Animals in Psychologi...

Pepperberg (Parrot learning) study guide with complete solution Background Animals such as Chimps are able to understand abstract thinking (symbolic representation) like earlier primates were Aim Can animals be able to understand the concept of different and same through categorisation? Model/ Rival approach 1. Primary trainer asks questions, second trainer answers (Model) 2. The parrot (Rival) fights for attention *These roles are reversed *This is continuous reinforcement Sampl...

Pepperberg (Parrot learning) study guide with complete solution Background Animals such as Chimps are able to understand abstract thinking (symbolic representation) like earlier primates were Aim Can animals be able to understand the concept of different and same through categorisation? Model/ Rival approach 1. Primary trainer asks questions, second trainer answers (Model) 2. The parrot (Rival) fights for attention *These roles are reversed *This is continuous reinforcement Sampl...