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Material Type: Exam; Professor: Bui; Class: Learning and Behavior Change; Subject: Psychology; University: University of La Verne; Term: Unknown 1989;
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Learning and Behavior Change Review Questions for Exam 1 (Chapters 1, 2, 3) Chapter 1 Know the historical background that led to modern behavior theories -Aristotle: Empiricism and Laws of Association -Descartes: Mind-body dualism and the Reflex -The British Empiricists -Structuralism -Functionalism -Behaviorism Compare and contrast the 5 schools of behaviorism -Watson’s Methodological Behaviorism -Hull’s Neobehaviorism -Tolman’s Cognitive Behaviorism -Bandura’s Social Learning Theory -Skinner’s Radical Behaviorism Know the definitions of the following terms: -applied behavior analysis -cognitive map -countercontrol -introspection -latent learning -law of contiguity -law of contrast -law of frequency -law of parsimony -law of similarity -nativism -reciprocal determinism Chapter 2 Know the differences between independent and dependent variables (be able to give examples) Describe different recording methods Know the different types of research designs (descriptive research and experimental research) -ABAB design -multiple baseline across behaviors design -multiple baseline across individuals design -multiple baseline across situations design -changing criterion design What are the advantages and disadvantages to using animals in research? Know the definitions to the following terms:
Learning and Behavior Change -appetitive stimulus -aversive stimulus -baseline -case study approach -contingency -control group design -covert behavior -deprivation -establishing operation -frequency -functional relationship -intensity -latency -naturalistic observation -overt behavior -satiation -spatial contiguity -temporal contiguity -topography Chapter 3 Know the definitions to the following terms: -appetitive conditioning -aversive conditioning -backward conditioning -conditioned response (CR) -conditioned stimulus (CS) -delayed conditioning -dishabituation -excitatory conditioning -fixed action pattern -flexion response -habituation -inhibitory conditioning -reflex -reflex arc -sensitization -sign stimulus (releaser) -startle response -trace conditioning -unconditioned response (UR) -unconditioned stimulus (US) What is classical conditioning? Give an example. -Describe the elements in classical conditioning (UR, US, CR, and CS). Give examples