Psy 1010
Psy 110, portions chap 5, 6 & 7 M. Dwyer
Fall 2009/ Exam #3
Chapter 5
1. What are the four kinds of reinforcers mentioned in your book? Define them and be prepared to give an example of each.
POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT IS INFORCE A STIMULI
NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT IS TO REMOVE A STIMULI
POSITIVE PUNISHMENT IS WHEN A TARGITED BEHAVIOUR IS REMOVED BY PRESENTING A STIMULAS shouting at the dog
NEGATIVE PUNISHMENT IS WHEN TARGET BEHAVIOUR BY REMOVING A STIMULAS toy removal
2. What are the four schedules of partial reinforcement we discussed? Which produces the highest rate of responding and the most resistance to extinction and why?
FIXED INTERVAL reward every 5 mins
FIXED RATIO reward every 5 responses
VARIABLE INTERVAL an avg. every 3 mins and varied
VARIABLE RATIO an avg. every 5 behaviours
3. What is the significance of latent learning and observational learning? How did discovery of these two important types of learning change our definition of psychology?
OBERVATIONAL LEARNING learning by looking at others by observing
LETENT LEARNING learning that is not directly observable
4. Define conditioned taste aversion, instinctual drift, subliminal learning, discovery learning, direct instruction, learning styles.
TASTE AVERSION it is when we recognize a taste and in the future we try to avoid it due to its effect to us
INSTINCTUAL DRIFT is the tendency of an organism to revert to instinctive behaviors that can interfere with the conditioned response
SUBLIMINAL LEARNING sub means below and luminal light it is the theory that states that a person can learn even with little information which if is continuously repeated
DISCOVERY LEARNING is when we learn after experiencing something for our self
DIRECT INSTRUCTION learning through given instruction e.g. lectures not experiments
LERNING STYLE it the type of style that best fits a individual
Chapter 6
5. When we have a memory of an event it is a reconstruction of the
Fall 2009/ Exam #3
Chapter 5
1. What are the four kinds of reinforcers mentioned in your book? Define them and be prepared to give an example of each.
POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT IS INFORCE A STIMULI
NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT IS TO REMOVE A STIMULI
POSITIVE PUNISHMENT IS WHEN A TARGITED BEHAVIOUR IS REMOVED BY PRESENTING A STIMULAS shouting at the dog
NEGATIVE PUNISHMENT IS WHEN TARGET BEHAVIOUR BY REMOVING A STIMULAS toy removal
2. What are the four schedules of partial reinforcement we discussed? Which produces the highest rate of responding and the most resistance to extinction and why?
FIXED INTERVAL reward every 5 mins
FIXED RATIO reward every 5 responses
VARIABLE INTERVAL an avg. every 3 mins and varied
VARIABLE RATIO an avg. every 5 behaviours
3. What is the significance of latent learning and observational learning? How did discovery of these two important types of learning change our definition of psychology?
OBERVATIONAL LEARNING learning by looking at others by observing
LETENT LEARNING learning that is not directly observable
4. Define conditioned taste aversion, instinctual drift, subliminal learning, discovery learning, direct instruction, learning styles.
TASTE AVERSION it is when we recognize a taste and in the future we try to avoid it due to its effect to us
INSTINCTUAL DRIFT is the tendency of an organism to revert to instinctive behaviors that can interfere with the conditioned response
SUBLIMINAL LEARNING sub means below and luminal light it is the theory that states that a person can learn even with little information which if is continuously repeated
DISCOVERY LEARNING is when we learn after experiencing something for our self
DIRECT INSTRUCTION learning through given instruction e.g. lectures not experiments
LERNING STYLE it the type of style that best fits a individual
Chapter 6
5. When we have a memory of an event it is a reconstruction of the