AP psych

Key Terms and Concepts to Remember - 

Unit 3 - Part 2 - Learning

Terms to Know:

Learning

Associative learning

Stimulus

Respondent behavior

Operant behavior

Cognitive learning

Ivan Pavlov

Classical conditioning

John B. Watson

Behaviorism

Neutral stimulus (NS)

Unconditioned stimulus (US)

Unconditioned response (UR)

Conditioned stimulus (CS)

Conditioned response (CR)

Acquisition

Higher-order conditioning

Extinction 

Spontaneous recovery

Generalization

Discrimination

Preparedness

John Garcia

Operant conditioning

B.F. Skinner

Edward Thorndike

Law of effect

Operant chamber

Reinforcement

Shaping

Discriminative stimulus

Positive reinforcement

Negative reinforcement

Primary reinforcer

Conditioned reinforcer

Reinforcement schedule

Continuous reinforcement schedule

Partial (intermittent) reinforcement schedule

Fixed-ratio schedule

Variable-ratio schedule

Fixed-interval schedule

Variable-interval schedule

Punishment

Instinctive drift

Robert Rescorla

Edward Tolman

Cognitive map

Latent learning

Insight learning

Observational learning

Modeling

Albert Bandura

Mirror neurons

Prosocial behavior

Antisocial behavior

Most Frequent Questions:

  1. Classical Conditioning 

  • US, UR, NS, CS, CR

    • Pavlov dog experiment

    • Watson experiment (Little Albert)

  • Classical Conditioning Processes

    • Acquisition, extinction, spontaneous recovery, higher-order conditioning, generalization, discrimination

  • Taste/flavor aversion

  • Biological restraints


  1. Operant Conditioning

  • Skinner experiment (Operant Chamber / Skinner Box)

  • Ways to change behaviors

  • Reinforcement & Punishment

  • Schedules of Reinforcement

  • Biological restraints


  1. Biological, Social-Cultural, Psychological influences on learning

  • Importance of cognition

  • Observational learning

    • Albert Bandura- bobo doll experiment