Exam 6: A: Learning

Operant conditioning occurs when a stimulus that resembles the conditioned stimulus elicits the conditioned response.

All forms of classical conditioning require multiple pairings of stimuli.

Extinction is the result of forgetting.

In order for latent learning to occur,there must be reinforcement.

An unconditioned stimulus is an event or a thing that elicits a response automatically or reflexively.

Shaleigh developed a conditioned taste aversion to spearmint gum by chewing it when she had the stomach flu.Later she realized that the experience also gave her a taste aversion to peppermint gum.This is an example of discrimination.

A key difference between operant and classical conditioning is that in classical conditioning a response is not required for a reward (or unconditioned stimulus)to be presented.

Having a gold star placed on one's spelling quiz would be a secondary reinforcer.

The process of observational learning would explain how 3-year-old Ryan knows how to lather up his own face after watching his dad shave earlier that day.