Review Session Week of: Review Session Week of: 1/21/141/21/14Chapter 6: LearningAP Psychology

Conditioned LearningConditioned Learning1. Unconditioned stimulus 2. Conditioned stimulus3. Unconditioned response4. Conditioned response5. Trial6. Acquisition7. 3 types of classical conditioning8. Extinction9. Spontaneous recovery10. Stimulus generalization11. Discrimination12. Higher order conditioning13. Taste Aversions

Classical ConditioningClassical Conditioning

Unconditioned StimulusUnconditioned Stimulus

Conditioned StimulusConditioned Stimulus

Unconditioned ResponseUnconditioned Response

Conditioned ResponseConditioned Response

TrialTrial

AcquisitionAcquisition

3 types of classical 3 types of classical conditioningconditioning

Extinction Extinction

Spontaneous RecoverySpontaneous Recovery

Stimulus generalizationStimulus generalization

DiscriminationDiscrimination

Higher order conditioningHigher order conditioning

Taste aversionsTaste aversions

Operant ConditioningOperant Conditioning1. Law of effect2. Positive reinforcement3. Negative reinforcement4. Skinner box5. Shaping6. Extinction7. Discrimination8. Delayed reinforcement9. Primary reinforcement10. Secondary reinforcement11. Ratio schedules12. Interval schedules13. Continuous reinforcement14. Intermittent reinforcement15. Punishment

Operant conditioningOperant conditioning

Law of effectLaw of effect

Positive reinforcement Positive reinforcement

Negative reinforcement Negative reinforcement

Skinner boxSkinner box

Shaping Shaping

Extinction Extinction

Discrimination Discrimination

Delayed reinforcement Delayed reinforcement

Primary reinforcement Primary reinforcement

Secondary reinforcement Secondary reinforcement

Ratio schedules Ratio schedules

Interval schedules Interval schedules

Continuous reinforcement Continuous reinforcement

Intermittent Intermittent reinforcement reinforcement

Punishment Punishment

Quick Writes Quick Writes

QW #1QW #1A. Define the following psychological concepts

◦Negative reinforcement◦Discrimination

B. Use one specific example for the concepts above in part A to explain how the concept might relate to either the development of OR continuation of a smoking habit

QW #2QW #2A. Time is an important variable in many psychological concepts. Describe a specific example that clearly demonstrates an understanding of each of the following concepts and how it relates to or is affected by time. Use a different example for each concept.

◦Presentation of the conditioned stimulus (CS) and unconditioned stimulus (UCS) in classical conditioning

◦Spontaneous recovery

QW #3QW #3A. Ellie, a new student at Skinner High School, is determined to make friends. When she attends the first psychology club meeting she finds herself in the room with twenty strangers who seem to know each other well. She plans to attend a few more meetings before deciding whether she will join

◦ Operant conditioning

Q1. A group of ranchers attempts to discourage Q1. A group of ranchers attempts to discourage coyotes from attacking their sheep by placing a coyotes from attacking their sheep by placing a substance on the wool of the sheep that makes substance on the wool of the sheep that makes coyotes violently ill if they eat it. Very quickly, coyotes violently ill if they eat it. Very quickly, the coyotes avoid the sheep entirely. In this the coyotes avoid the sheep entirely. In this scenario, what are the UCS, CS, and CR, scenario, what are the UCS, CS, and CR, respectively?respectively?

(A) The substance, the sheep’s wool, aversion to the sheep(B) The sheep’s wool, the substance, aversion to sheep(C) Aversion to sheep, the substance, the sheep’s wool(D) The coyotes, the sheep’s wool, aversion to sheep(E) The substance, the sheep’s wool, the coyotes

Q2. The same ranchers discover that now not Q2. The same ranchers discover that now not only will the coyotes not attack the treated only will the coyotes not attack the treated sheep but also they will not attack nearby sheep but also they will not attack nearby sheep. This is an example of:sheep. This is an example of:

(A) Extinction(B) Discrimination(C) Generalization(D) Spontaneous recovery(E) Chaining

Q3. Mrs. Jackson, an English teacher, gives pop Q3. Mrs. Jackson, an English teacher, gives pop quizzes to her students every marking period. quizzes to her students every marking period. This is an example of:This is an example of:

(A) Variable interval schedule of reinforcement(B) Variable ratio schedule of reinforcement(C) Fixed ratio schedule of reinforcement(D) Fixed interval schedule of reinforcement(E) Interval ratio schedule of reinforcement

Q4. In John Watson’s “Little Albert” experiment, Q4. In John Watson’s “Little Albert” experiment, what was the UCS?what was the UCS?

(A) The white rat(B) The little boy(C) Anything white and furry(D) The loud noise(E) Fear

Q5. Which of the following is true of classical Q5. Which of the following is true of classical conditioning?conditioning?

(A) UCS produces UCR(B) CR produces the CS(C) UCR produces the CS(D) CS produces the UCS(E) UCR produces the UCS

Q6. Dylan’s mother buys him a sailor’s cap Q6. Dylan’s mother buys him a sailor’s cap before they go on a family fishing trip. On the before they go on a family fishing trip. On the boat, Dylan gets nauseated and vomits. The boat, Dylan gets nauseated and vomits. The next day he gets nauseated just from looking next day he gets nauseated just from looking at the sailor’s cap. The sailor’s cap has at the sailor’s cap. The sailor’s cap has become:become:(A) The unconditioned stimulus(B) The conditioned stimulus(C) The conditioned response(D) The unconditioned response(E) The reconditioned stimulus

Q7. Before Dylan became nauseated, he was Q7. Before Dylan became nauseated, he was able to go fishing with his family, even catching able to go fishing with his family, even catching several fi sh. Fishing is an example of what several fi sh. Fishing is an example of what schedule of reinforcement?schedule of reinforcement?

(A) Fixed ratio(B) Fixed interval(C) Unfixed interval(D) Variable ratio(E) Variable interval

Q8. which of the following best reflects Q8. which of the following best reflects negative reinforcement?negative reinforcement?

(A) Teresa is scolded when she runs through the house yelling

(B) Lina is not allowed to watch television until after she has finished her homework

(C) Greg changes his math class so he doesn’t have to see his old friend

(D) Aditya is praised for having the best essay in the class

(E) Alex takes the wrong medicine and gets violently ill afterwards

Q9. Jamel got very sick after easting some Q9. Jamel got very sick after easting some mushrooms on a pizza at his friend’s house. He mushrooms on a pizza at his friend’s house. He didn’t know that he had a stomach virus at the didn’t know that he had a stomach virus at the time, blamed his illness on the mushrooms, time, blamed his illness on the mushrooms, and refused to eat them again. Which of the and refused to eat them again. Which of the following is the unconditioned stimulus for his following is the unconditioned stimulus for his taste aversion to mushrooms?taste aversion to mushrooms?

(A) Pizza(B) Stomach virus(C) Mushrooms(D) Headache(E) Aversion to mushrooms

Q10. Latent learning is best described by which Q10. Latent learning is best described by which of the following?of the following?

(A) Innate responses of an organism preventing new learning and associations

(B) Unconscious meaning that is attributed to new response patterns

(C) Response patterns that become extinguished gradually over time

(D) Delayed responses that occur when new stimuli are paired with familiar ones

(E) Learning that occurs in the absence of rewards

AnswersAnswers1. A2. C3. A4. D5. A6. B7. D8. C9. B10. E