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A baby is born knowing how to suck on a nipple. This unlearned behaviour is a:Read the answer and worked solution →A relatively permanent change in behaviour or knowledge that results from experience is:Read the answer and worked solution →You jump when you see lightning because it reliably predicts thunder. This is:Read the answer and worked solution →You give your dog a treat each time he sits, and he sits more often. This is:Read the answer and worked solution →Julian learns to surf by watching his father and imitating him. This is:Read the answer and worked solution →Ivan Pavlov, who discovered classical conditioning, was by training a:Read the answer and worked solution →Pavlov originally measured how much of what his dogs produced in response to food?Read the answer and worked solution →In Pavlov's experiment, the meat powder that naturally causes salivation is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Before pairing, the tone that does not naturally cause salivation is a:Read the answer and worked solution →After repeated pairing, the dogs salivate to the tone alone. The salivation to the tone is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Moisha feels nauseous just entering her oncologist's office after chemotherapy there. The office is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Using an established conditioned stimulus to condition a new neutral stimulus is:Read the answer and worked solution →The initial period when a neutral stimulus is connected to an unconditioned stimulus is:Read the answer and worked solution →You fell ill hours after eating chicken curry and now feel sick at the smell of curry. This is:Read the answer and worked solution →When the tone is repeatedly sounded without meat powder and the dogs stop salivating, this is:Read the answer and worked solution →After a rest, the extinguished salivation returns when the bell rings again. This is:Read the answer and worked solution →Tiger the cat runs for food at the can opener sound but not at the electric mixer. This is stimulus:Read the answer and worked solution →Little Albert, conditioned to fear a white rat, then feared rabbits and furry coats. This is stimulus:Read the answer and worked solution →Who is considered the founder of behaviorism?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1920, Watson and Rosalie Rayner conditioned fear in a baby nicknamed:Read the answer and worked solution →B. F. Skinner's idea that learning results from consequences is based on Thorndike's:Read the answer and worked solution →Jerome gets a toy for cleaning his room and cleans it more often. This is:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the innate behavioursRead the answer and worked solution →Pop Pavlov's termsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the learning lanesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the learning wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Classical or operantRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the three kinds of learningRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Learning bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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A baby is born knowing how to suck on a nipple. This unlearned behaviour is a:

  1. Reflex
  2. Habit
  3. Skill
  4. Choice
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Correct answer: A. Reflex

1. Nobody teaches the baby to suck. 2. It is a reflex present at birth. 3. A sea turtle hatchling heading for the ocean is similar. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 6, Learning (CC BY 4.0)._

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A relatively permanent change in behaviour or knowledge that results from experience is:

  1. Growth
  2. Learning
  3. Instinct
  4. Reflexes
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Correct answer: B. Learning

1. Instincts and reflexes are innate. 2. Learning comes from experience. 3. Surfing must be learned. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 6, Learning (CC BY 4.0)._

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You jump when you see lightning because it reliably predicts thunder. This is:

  1. Classical conditioning
  2. Operant conditioning
  3. Observational learning
  4. Insight learning
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Correct answer: A. Classical conditioning

1. Two stimuli repeatedly happen together. 2. You associate lightning with the boom. 3. That is classical conditioning. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 6, Learning (CC BY 4.0)._

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