PSYC 2000 Chapter : Chapter 5 OBJ Test 2
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Objectives for chapter 5: define learning: the acquisition of knowledge or skills through study, or experience. Describe how classical conditioning was discovered and explain how it works. He learned it when he saw that his dogs started to salivate when seeing the assistants of his experiment. In classical conditioning extinction occurs when the cr is no longer paired with the ucr. In operant conditioning, extinction occurs when there is no longer a positive reinforcement after a behavior. The response that is seen after a cs has been paired with a. Positive reinforcement is the giving of a reward after a specific behavior. For example: getting a gold star for good behavior. Nr is doing a specific behavior, to avoid the consequences of an unwanted action. Variable-ratio is the most resistant to extinction: can you define and explain with examples the following reinforcement schedules, continuous versus partial reinforcement: in continuous, behavior is reinforced every single time.
