EDP 301 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS
AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
\.Classical Conditioning - ANSWERS✔-type of learning in which an organism learns
to connect or associate stimuli. PAVLOV.
\.Operant Conditioning - ANSWERS✔-consequences are contingent on organism's
behavior. learning behavior is controlled by consequences (reinforcement &
punishment). SKINNER.
\.Behaviorism - ANSWERS✔-the theory that human and animal behavior can be
explained in terms of conditioning, without appeal to thoughts or feelings
\.What is a generalization and a discrimination of classical conditioning? -
ANSWERS✔-Gen: the tendency of a new stimulus similar to the original
conditioned stimulus to produce a similar response. Disc: the organism responds
to certain stimuli, but not others.
\.What is a generalization and a discrimination of operant conditioning? -
ANSWERS✔-Gen: giving the same response to similar stimuli. Disc: differentiating
among stimuli or environmental events.
\.Reinforcement - ANSWERS✔-Increases the probability that a behavior will occur.
Positive: give good. Negative: take away bad.
, \.Punishment - ANSWERS✔-Decreases the probability that a behavior will occur.
Removal: take away good. Presentation: give bad.
\.Variable Ratio (schedule reinforcement) - ANSWERS✔-reinforce after an average
but unpredictable number of responses.
\.Fixed Ratio (schedule reinforcement) - ANSWERS✔-reinforce after a set number
of responses
\.Variable Interval (schedule reinforcement) - ANSWERS✔-reinforce appropriate
responses after a variable amount of time
\.Fixed Interval (schedule reinforcement) - ANSWERS✔-reinforce appropriate
response after a fixed amount of time
\.What schedule is best for learning? - ANSWERS✔-Students show greatest
persistence on VARIABLE-INTERVAL schedule.
\.Behavior Shaping - ANSWERS✔-Involves teaching new behaviors by reinforcing
successive approximations of the desired behavior. First reward response. Next,
reward responses that resemble the desired behavior. Finally, only reward target
behavior.
AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
\.Classical Conditioning - ANSWERS✔-type of learning in which an organism learns
to connect or associate stimuli. PAVLOV.
\.Operant Conditioning - ANSWERS✔-consequences are contingent on organism's
behavior. learning behavior is controlled by consequences (reinforcement &
punishment). SKINNER.
\.Behaviorism - ANSWERS✔-the theory that human and animal behavior can be
explained in terms of conditioning, without appeal to thoughts or feelings
\.What is a generalization and a discrimination of classical conditioning? -
ANSWERS✔-Gen: the tendency of a new stimulus similar to the original
conditioned stimulus to produce a similar response. Disc: the organism responds
to certain stimuli, but not others.
\.What is a generalization and a discrimination of operant conditioning? -
ANSWERS✔-Gen: giving the same response to similar stimuli. Disc: differentiating
among stimuli or environmental events.
\.Reinforcement - ANSWERS✔-Increases the probability that a behavior will occur.
Positive: give good. Negative: take away bad.
, \.Punishment - ANSWERS✔-Decreases the probability that a behavior will occur.
Removal: take away good. Presentation: give bad.
\.Variable Ratio (schedule reinforcement) - ANSWERS✔-reinforce after an average
but unpredictable number of responses.
\.Fixed Ratio (schedule reinforcement) - ANSWERS✔-reinforce after a set number
of responses
\.Variable Interval (schedule reinforcement) - ANSWERS✔-reinforce appropriate
responses after a variable amount of time
\.Fixed Interval (schedule reinforcement) - ANSWERS✔-reinforce appropriate
response after a fixed amount of time
\.What schedule is best for learning? - ANSWERS✔-Students show greatest
persistence on VARIABLE-INTERVAL schedule.
\.Behavior Shaping - ANSWERS✔-Involves teaching new behaviors by reinforcing
successive approximations of the desired behavior. First reward response. Next,
reward responses that resemble the desired behavior. Finally, only reward target
behavior.
