GEN PSYCH EXAM 4- CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY DR. DEWITT QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+

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