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AP Psychology Unit 3B2: Operant Conditioning and Social Learning — practice questions

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Sort the learning ideasRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Learning bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Which statement best defines learning?Read the answer and worked solution →What happens to a response during habituation?Read the answer and worked solution →Which non-associative learning shows a progressively amplified response?Read the answer and worked solution →Which learning did Konrad Lorenz discover in birds bonding to what they follow?Read the answer and worked solution →Which feature marks imprinting?Read the answer and worked solution →In Pavlov's dog experiment, what was the unconditioned stimulus?Read the answer and worked solution →Salivation to the meat powder in Pavlov's study is the...Read the answer and worked solution →After repeated pairing, the bell in Pavlov's study became a...Read the answer and worked solution →Watson's Little Albert study showed learning of emotion through...Read the answer and worked solution →In which conditioning is behavior shaped by reward or punishment?Read the answer and worked solution →Adding an unpleasant consequence to reduce a behavior is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which process raises a wanted behavior by taking away something unpleasant?Read the answer and worked solution →A dog gets a treat for sitting. Which process makes sitting more likely?Read the answer and worked solution →Punishment in operant conditioning is mainly used to do what?Read the answer and worked solution →How does operant conditioning differ from classical conditioning?Read the answer and worked solution →When should a reward be given in operant conditioning?Read the answer and worked solution →Learning by watching the behavior of others is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →What does observational learning in humans rely on?Read the answer and worked solution →Which psychologist is linked with Social Learning Theory?Read the answer and worked solution →Bandura held that learning is a cognitive process taking place in what setting?Read the answer and worked solution →Learning from the consequences that others receive is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Cognition, environment and behavior shaping each other is called?Read the answer and worked solution →In social learning theory, observation can lead to learning that...Read the answer and worked solution →Learning from a film character is modeling of which type?Read the answer and worked solution →A teacher demonstrates a skill in person. Which modeling type is this?Read the answer and worked solution →Which step needs observers to notice the modeled behavior?Read the answer and worked solution →Remembering the features of a modeled behavior is which step?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Items
  1. Group
    Classical
    Item
    UCS
  2. Group
    Classical
    Item
    CS
  3. Group
    Classical
    Item
    Pairing
  4. Group
    Operant
    Item
    Reward
  5. Group
    Operant
    Item
    Shaping
  6. Group
    Operant
    Item
    Lever box
  7. Group
    Fading
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    Extinction
  8. Group
    Fading
    Item
    Recovery
  9. Group
    Fading
    Item
    No pairing
Groups
  1. Item
    Classical
  2. Item
    Operant
  3. Item
    Fading
Instructions
Drop each item onto classical, operant or fading.
_Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 6, Learning._

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Questions
  1. Answer
    2
    Question
    Types of response Pavlov said an organism has
  2. Answer
    2
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    Kinds of reinforcer, primary and secondary
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    0
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    Value a secondary reinforcer has on its own
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    3
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    Main forms of learning named, classical operant watching
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    1
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    Levers in a Skinner box for a rat
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    0
    Question
    Training needed before a primary reinforcer works
Instructions
Type the number only.
_Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 6, Learning._

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Clues and terms
  1. Clue
    Two stimuli learned together.
    Item
    Classical
  2. Clue
    Behaviour meets a consequence.
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    Operant
  3. Clue
    Triggers a reflex with no training.
    Item
    UCS
  4. Clue
    Neutral cue that gained power.
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    CS
  5. Clue
    Response fades with no pairing.
    Item
    Extinction
  6. Clue
    Response returns after a rest.
    Item
    Recovery
  7. Clue
    Rewarding closer and closer tries.
    Item
    Shaping
  8. Clue
    Reward with built in value.
    Item
    Primary
  9. Clue
    Reward that borrows its value.
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    Secondary
Instructions
Read each clue and tap the term it describes.
_Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 6, Learning._

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