Learning Short Answers

Question 1

What are 5 Reasons Animals are used to Test Human Behaviour?

Answer 1

Made up of same simple elements, controllable history, simple environment, typical correlation.

Question 2

How do we Produce a New Response?

Answer 2

Shaping.

Question 3

What is the Danger with Too Much Reinforcement?

Answer 3

Animal satiates and loses interest in reinforcer.

Question 4

What is Important to Remember about Reinforcement and Punishment when they are Given?

Answer 4

Most effective when given immediately.

Question 5

What happened in the Miller-Mowrer Box?

Answer 5

Electrified floors, dog learns noise allows avoidance rather than just escape.

Question 6

How are Superstitious Behaviours Formed?

Answer 6

Chance reinforcement - no response-reinforcer contingency.

Question 7

What does Superstitious Behaviour Suggest?

Answer 7

We have a tendency to assume causality between events that occur close together in time.

Question 8

What is Respondent Conditioning?

Answer 8

Learning an association between two stimuli.