Module 18/19

Question 0

What is operant conditioning?

Answer 0

Changing behavior choices in response to consequences

Question 1

What is classical conditioning?

Answer 1

Learning to link two stimuli in a way that helps us anticipate an event to which we have a reaction

Question 2

What is cognitive learning?

Answer 2

New behaviors and information through observation and information rather than by direct experience “we look and learn”

Question 3

What is Learning?

Answer 3

A relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience

Question 4

What is generalization?

Answer 4

Once a response has been conditioned, the tendency to respond in a similar way to stimuli similar to the CS

Question 5

What is Fixed interval?

Answer 5

Slow unsustained responding

“If I’m only paid for my Saturday work, I’m not going to work as hard on the other days”

Question 6

What is Variable Interval?

Answer 6

Slow consistent responding

“If I never know which day my lucky lottery number will pay off, I better play it every day”

Question 7

What is Fixed Ratio?

Answer 7

High rate of responding

“Buy two drinks, get one free? I’ll buy a lot of them!”

Question 8

What is Variable Ratio?

Answer 8

High, consistent responding, even if reinforcement stops

“If the slot machine sometimes pays, I’ll pull the lever as many times as possible because it may pay this time”