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Learning Psychology PSY420 Spring 2012-Ch5 Pt1
UNLV Dr. Laforge
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
02/24/2012

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Early ideas of animal intelligence were based on a____ e_____

 

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anecdotal evidence
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Th_____e used the “Puzzle Box”

 

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Thorndike
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Animal engages in many _________ behaviors
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ineffective
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Eventually would engage in an _____ effective behavior which _______ with trials
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effective; trials
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Thorndike’s work involved the ____ of _____
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the Law of Effect
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S stands for _____ and R stands for _____
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stimulus; response
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If a response in the presence of a stimulus is followed by a satisfying event then the S-R relationship is __________
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strengthened
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If a response in the presence of a stimulus is followed by an annoying event then the S-R relationship is __________
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weakened
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Pavlovian or Operant? Presentation of the two stimuli (US and CS) is independent of behavior
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Pavlovian
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Pavlovian or Operant? Passive…
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Pavlovian
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Pavlovian or Operant? Involutary…
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Pavlovian
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Pavlovian or Operant? Behavior is a function of its consequences…
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Operant
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Pavlovian or Operant? Active…
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Operant
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Pavlovian or Operant? Also called “instrumental learning”…
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Operant
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Pavlovian or Operant? Voluntary behavior…
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Operant
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Although operant conditioning involves ___________ behavior it does not necessarily involve _______
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voluntary ; awareness
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It can be tricky to distinguish _______ and in______ behavior
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voluntary ; involuntary
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An example of the trickiness of distinguishing voluntary and involuntary behaviors would be the eye ___ versus the eye ____
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Eye blink vs Eye wink
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An example of the trickiness of distinguishing voluntary and involuntary behaviors would be bio________
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biofeedback
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True / False - Often operant conditioning and classical conditioning co-occur
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True
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Desmond M____ said that actively interacting with the e____ is an e____ t_____
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Morris; environment; evolved tendency
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Metz____ demonstrated adaptive effects of i_____g with the env___ in his m___/o___ experiment
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Metzgar; interacting; environment ; mice/owl
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Thor___e was attributed to t___ and s____ess learning
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Trial and Success
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In p____ r______ a stimulus is presented and increases behavior
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positive reinforcement
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In n_____ r_____ a stimuls is removed and increases behavior
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negative reinforcement
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In p_____ p______ a stimulus is presented and decreases behavior
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positive punishment
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In n_____ p______ a stimulus is removed and decreases behavior
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negative punishment
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Positive reinforcers are usually things most people would consider re_____ds and thus sometimes referred to as r____ l_____
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rewards; Reward Learning
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Once you have learned to escape an aversive situation you often learn to avoid it entirely – therefore sometimes this type of learning is referred to as E_____ A_____ L______
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Escape Avoidance Learning
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Associated with Thorndike- in a d_____ trial – instrumental response e__s the trail
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discrete; ends
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Associated with B.F. Skinner – in fr___ op____ procedures – you can repeat instrumental response
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free operational procedures
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