Learning And Conditioning

Question 1

5 major learning theories in psychology

Answer 1

Cognitive
Biological
Humanistic
Psychodynamic
Behavioural

Question 2

Cognitive learning theory

Answer 2

Expectations, emotions, and what you already know determine learning behaviour

Question 3

Biological learning theory

Answer 3

Brain, genetics, and hormones determine thoughts moods and actions

Question 4

Psychodynamic learning theory

Answer 4

Early childhood experiences determine learning behaviour

Question 5

Humanistic learning theory

Answer 5

Individual desire to discover knowledge and understanding

Question 6

Behavioural learning theory

Answer 6

Environmental stimuli influence learning behaviour

Question 7

3 major types of learning

Answer 7

Observational learning
Classical conditioning
Operant conditoning

Question 8

Observational learning

Answer 8

Learning through watching others, retaining information, and replicating behaviours

Question 9

Reinforcement

Answer 9

Stimulus which increases chance of a specific response

Question 10

Conditioning

Answer 10

When a subject associated 2 unconnected things

Question 11

Classical conditioning

Answer 11

Associating an involuntary response and a stimulus

Question 12

Emotional conditioning

Answer 12

Type of classical conditioning where subject associates perceptual information to an emotional response

Question 13

Which nervous system is involved in emotion responses

Answer 13

Autonomic

Question 14

Operant conditioning

Answer 14

If behaviour followed by positive/negative response the behaviour will be repeated or discontinued

Question 15

Operant

Answer 15

Any active behaviour that operates upon the environment to generate consequences

Question 16

Generalisation and discrimination in operant conditioning

Answer 16

Similar response when responding to a similar stimuli to one conditioned to

Question 17

Operant conditioning extinction

Answer 17

Learned response disappears when reinforcement removed

Question 18

Operant conditioning spontaneous recovery

Answer 18

Reappearance of conditioned response after extinction

Question 19

4 types of operant conditioning

Answer 19

Positive reinforcement - add something to incr behaviour
Negative reinforcement - remove something to incr behaviour
Positive punishment - add something to decr behaviour
Negative punishment - remove something to decr behaviour

Question 20

Do classical and operant conditioning create voluntary or involuntary responses

Answer 20

Classical - invol
Operant - vol or invol

Question 21

Does the stimulus or response come first in classical and operant conditioning

Answer 21

Classical - stimulus then response
Operant - response then stimulus

Question 22

Are classical and operant conditioning active or passive

Answer 22

Classical - passive
Operant - active

Question 23

Phobia

Answer 23

Unreasonable fear to non dangerous thing or situation associated with fear

Question 24

Behavioural Therapies related to classical conditioning

Answer 24

Aversion therapy
Flooding/implosion therapy
Systematic desensitisation

Question 25

Behavioural therapies relate to operant conditioning

Answer 25

Token economy
Contingency management
Extinction

Question 26

Aversion therapy

Answer 26

Pt exposed to stimulus and discomfort simultaneously

Question 27

Flooding therapy

Answer 27

Pt exposed to stimulus or its image

Question 28

Implosion therapy

Answer 28

Pt imagines stimulus

Question 29

Which people is flooding and implosion therapy not suitable for

Answer 29

Children
Elderly
Ppl w heart conditions

Question 30

Systematic desensitisation

Answer 30

Associate phobic stimulus with relaxation moving up a fear hierarchy

Question 31

Token economy

Answer 31

Give tokens for positive behaviour which can be exchanged for reward

Question 32

Contingency management

Answer 32

Formal written contract between pt and therapist outlining behaviour, reinforcements, rewards,and penalties

Question 33

Extinction therapy

Answer 33

Produce behaviour change by stopping reinforcing behaviour, eg time out