Chapter 6 Learning

Question 1

Learning

Answer 1

In psychology, learning is about how the predictability of events can change behavior.

Question 2

Stimuli

Answer 2

Any factor in the environment that elicits a response is a stimulus.

Question 3

Non-Associative Learning

Answer 3

…occurs when repeated encounters with a stimulus produce a lasting change in behavior.

Question 4

Classical/Pavlovian Conditioning

Answer 4

The unconditioned stimulus produces a response (UR). When a neutral stimulus produces the same response (CR), it is the CS.

Question 5

Operant conditioning

Answer 5

…involves learning an association between a response and a stimulus that predictably follows it.

Question 6

Consequences in Operant Conditioning

Answer 6

Reinforcement means that something pleasant is happening. Punishment means that something unpleasant is happening. The stimulus either appears (positive) or is removed (negative).