Psychology: Learning - Classical
Conditioning Exam Questions and
Answers
is the process of learning associations - Correct Answers -Conditioning
in classical conditioning, we learn to associate two stimuli and thus to anticipate events.
We learn that a flash of lightning signals an impending crack of thunder, so when
lightning flashes nearby, we start to brace ourselves - Correct Answers -Associative
learning
a type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events -
Correct Answers -classical conditioning
Won Russia's first Nobel Prize in 1904; behaviorist - Correct Answers -Ivan Pavlov
the view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior
without reference to mental processes. Most research psychologists today agree with
(1) but not with (2) - Correct Answers –Behaviorism
is the appearance of a formerly extinguished response, following a rest period; the
reappearance of a (weakened) CR after a pause - Correct Answers -spontaneous
recovery
is the tendency to respond to stimuli that are similar to a CS - Correct Answers -
generalization
is the learned ability to distinguish between a CS and other irrelevant stimuli - Correct
Answers -discrimination
showed that an animal can learn the predictability of an event. If a shock always is
preceded by a tone, and then may also be preceded by a light that accompanies the
tone, a rat will react with fear to the tone but not to the light. Although the light is always
followed by the shock, it adds no new information; the tone is a better predictor. -
Correct Answers -Robert Rescorla
did research on taste aversions
- easier to condition food aversions to taste rather than sight or sound
- easier to condition behaviors that promote survival - Correct Answers -john garcia
pairing a negative stimulus with a desired stimulus can help kick bad habits - Correct
Answers -aversive conditioning
Conditioning Exam Questions and
Answers
is the process of learning associations - Correct Answers -Conditioning
in classical conditioning, we learn to associate two stimuli and thus to anticipate events.
We learn that a flash of lightning signals an impending crack of thunder, so when
lightning flashes nearby, we start to brace ourselves - Correct Answers -Associative
learning
a type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events -
Correct Answers -classical conditioning
Won Russia's first Nobel Prize in 1904; behaviorist - Correct Answers -Ivan Pavlov
the view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior
without reference to mental processes. Most research psychologists today agree with
(1) but not with (2) - Correct Answers –Behaviorism
is the appearance of a formerly extinguished response, following a rest period; the
reappearance of a (weakened) CR after a pause - Correct Answers -spontaneous
recovery
is the tendency to respond to stimuli that are similar to a CS - Correct Answers -
generalization
is the learned ability to distinguish between a CS and other irrelevant stimuli - Correct
Answers -discrimination
showed that an animal can learn the predictability of an event. If a shock always is
preceded by a tone, and then may also be preceded by a light that accompanies the
tone, a rat will react with fear to the tone but not to the light. Although the light is always
followed by the shock, it adds no new information; the tone is a better predictor. -
Correct Answers -Robert Rescorla
did research on taste aversions
- easier to condition food aversions to taste rather than sight or sound
- easier to condition behaviors that promote survival - Correct Answers -john garcia
pairing a negative stimulus with a desired stimulus can help kick bad habits - Correct
Answers -aversive conditioning
