BoE Quiz - Unit 6 and 8(Learning)

Ivan Pavlov

Ivan Pavlov

Famous for inventing classical conditioning, conducted an experiment where he trained dogs to salivate to a tone using classical conditioning.

Intermittent Reinforcement

Reinforcing a certain behavior only sometimes that behavior is performed.

Continuous Reinforcement

Reinforcing a certain behavior every time it is performed.

Positive Reinforcement

Strengthen a behavior by adding a reward to the situation.

Negative Reinforcement

Strengthen a behavior by removing something you don't like from the equation.

Operant Conditioning

Learning by consequences in which rewards motivate one to continue that behavior and punishments teach one to discontinue that behavior.

John B

A behaviorist who invented operant conditioning.

B.F

A behaviorist who invented operant conditioning and is known for one of his prototypes Skinner's box in which operant conditioning was tested on a rat.

Classical Conditioning

Learning by the association of two events in which when this thing happens, this other thing follows.

Albert Bandura

Conducted the Bobo Doll experiment to study observational learning. In this experiment, group A of kids was shown gentle behavior to the doll and group B was shown violent and mean behavior. Both groups copied the behavior that they observed.

Bobo Doll Experiment

Group A of kids was shown gentle behavior to the doll and group B was shown violent and mean behavior. Both groups copied the behavior that they observed.

Observational Learning

A type of learning in which the learning happens through observations.

Mirror Neurons

Frontal lobes that some scientists believe fire when seeing someone or performing a certain action.