Learning

MillionaireTest review

Rules

You may not talk unless you are using a life line

50/50 Poll the Audience

– Talk with your entire team Phone a friend

– Anyone in the class, my husband, a teacher who is not in class

Practice question

Who has the best mascot?– A. Strath Haven– B. Conestoga– C. Penncrest – D. Haverford

Practice question answer

C. Penncrest

A Lion is bigger and better than a panther, pioneers are outdated, a Ford is a car, not a true mascot

If you are increasing the likelihood of a behavior, you are

A. Positively reinforcing itB. Negatively reinforcing itC. Reinforcing itD. Punishing it

Question 1 rationale

C. Reinforcing it

Positive and negative refer to adding or taking the consequence away

Punishment decreases the likelihood of the behavior

Q- 1,2

Preventing an unpleasant consequence from happening is called…

A. EscapeB. Negative reinforcementC. AvoidanceD. All of the above

Answer

C. Avoidance

Escape stops the unpleasant consequence, negative reinforcement means that a behavior is strengthened because something is taken away

Q- 4,

Learning is which a reflexive response is linked to a neutral stimulus

A. Operant conditioningB. Cognitive learningC. Classical conditioningD. General learning

Answer

C. Classical conditioning

Operant conditioning you make a choice, it is not based on reflexes

Cognitive is learning through imitation

Q- 10

Responding to a stimulus similar to the original stimulus

A. ExtinctionB. Classical conditioningC. Spontaneous behaviorD. Generalization

Answer

D. Generalization

Extinction is when the reflexive response gradually dies out, classical conditioning is too broad of an answer, spontaneous behavior deals with operant conditioning

Q-8,12

What is the classical conditioning formula

A. NS + CS---> CRCS--->CR

B. NS + UCS--->UCRCS--->CR

C. SB--->C

D. Cs + Cr--->CRS UCS-->UCR

Answer

B

Remember the kazoo experiment Kazoo sound + dimmed lights ---

>pupils dilate

Kazoo sound---> pupils dilate Q-23

In Pavlov’s dogs, what was the NS

A. Ringing bellB. FoodC. Dog salivateD. Food dish

Answer

Correct answer- A. Ringing bell

Food - UCSDog salivate- UCRFood dish- not part of the

experiment

Learning that takes place when a spontaneous behavior is reinforced or punished

A. Classical ConditioningB. Cognitive learningC. Operant conditioningD. Extinction

Answer

C- operant conditioning

Classical involves reflexes Cognitive involves modeling Extinction is part of classical

conditioning when a response dies out

If something is added and the behavior increases you are

the behavior

A. Positively reinforcing itB. Positively punishing itC. Negatively reinforcing itD. Not enough information

Answer

A- Positively reinforcing

Punishment decreases the behavior

If it is negative, something is taken away

Q-6,9

Joe did not do his homework and got a detention. After the detention, he missed many more homework assignments. This is an example of…

A. Operant conditioning B. Positive punishment C. Negative punishment D. Positive reinforcement

Answer

D. Positive reinforcementthe detention was added, not

doing homework increased

Punishment- behavior decreasesNegative something is taken away

A voluntary or non-reflexive action is known as…

A. ConsequenceB. ResponseC. StimulusD. Spontaneous behavior

Answer

D- spontaneous behavior

Response- unit of behavior Consequence- neg or positive result

of a behavior Stimulus- something in the

environment that causes a response

Which of the following is NOT a factor that affects feedback…

a. Attentionb. Descriptivec. Specificd. Useful and welcome

Answer

A. Attention– This is something that is needed in

order to learn through the social cognitive theory

– The factors that affect feedback are…– Timely, welcome, useful, descriptive,

specific– Q- 25

Taking tylenol before you have a headache is an example of….

A. Positive reinforcementB. Negative reinforcement, escapeC. Negative reinforcement, avoidanceD. Positive reinforcement, escape

Answer

C. Negative reinforcement, avoidance

The headache has not started, you have prevented it from happening

An unpleasant stimulus has been removed which increases the likelihood that you will take tylenol again

Which of the following is a primary reinforcer?

A. Food B. Stickers C. Grades D. A gold medal

Answer

A. Food

Food and water are the only primary reinforcers, anything else you need to learn to work for

When a situation is reinforced only some of the time the schedule is…

A. Fixed interval B. Partial reinforcement C. Continuous reinforcement D. Both A and B

Answer

D. Fixed interval is a partial reinforcement schedule

Continuous reinforces you get reinforced every time

Getting paid after every hour you work is an example of…

A. Fixed RatioB. Fixed IntervalC. Variable ratioD. Variable Interval

Answer

B. Fixed Interval

Getting paid for a set (fixed) amount of time (interval)

People learn through watching others

a. Classical conditioningb. Social cognitive theoryc. Watson’s theoryd. Skinner’s theory

Answer

B

Watson- baby A lbert Classical conditioning- reflexive

responses Operant conditioning- rewards and

punishment

Every 5 trees you plant, you receive one dollar

A. Fixed ratioB. Variable RatioC. Fixed IntervalD. Variable interval

Answer

A. Fixed ratio

The set (fixed) amount of money you make is directly linked to the number(ratio) of trees