Myers' Psychology Second Edition For AP Unit 6: Learning 

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Classical conditioning

What is a basic form of learning through which all organisms adapt to their environment? Answer with a single words or term.

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Pavlov

________ noticed that when food was brought near a dog, the dog would salivate.

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Discriminative stimulus

________ elicits a response after an association has been formed.

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Response rates

________ tend to be higher when liked to a ratio schedule than to interval schedules.

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Neutral stimuli

________ do not give a response before conditioning.

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Skinner

________ believed external influences shaped behavior.

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Little Albert experiment

The ________ would be unethical under today's standards.

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Paychecks

What are good, but so is verbal and written affirmation? Answer with a single words or term.

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Successive approximations

________ allow you to get closer to the desired behavior.

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Emotion

________ focused coping causes us to believe there is no chance to change a situation.

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Spontaneous recovery

What is the reappearance of the conditioned response? Answer with a single words or term.

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Humans

________ do respond to delayed reinforcers, such as a paycheck.

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Reinforcement

________ tells you what to do.

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Discrimination

What is the ability to distinguish between stimuli? Answer with a single words or term.

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Models

________ can say one thing but do another.

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Uncontrollable threats

________ trigger the strongest stress response.

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cognitive map

A(n) ________ is a mental layout of one's environment.

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Insight

What is randomly understanding how to solve a problem? Answer with a single words or term.

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Animals

________ learn expectancy, which is the awareness of how likely the unconditioned stimulus will occur.

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Extinction

________ occurs when the result no longer occurs.

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Imitation

What is pervasive in humans? Answer with a single words or term.

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Ivan Pavlov

________ did research classical conditioning.

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Natural responses

________ could be conditioned to any neutral stimulus.

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scientists

Some ________ believe mirror neurons can also fire when watching someone perform that behavior.

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Accidental timing of rewards

________ can lead to superstitious behavior.

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