Chapter 5: Learning Objectives

1. Define learning.

2. Define: unconditioned stimulus, unconditioned response, conditioned stimulus, and conditioned response.

3. Describe the experiment with little Albert. Describe desensitization therapy.

4. Explain these processes: extinction, spontaneous recovery, inhibition, stimulus generalization, discrimination, and higher-order conditioning.

5. Distinguish between classical and operant conditioning.

6. Explain the principle of reinforcement. Define primary reinforcer and secondary reinforcer, and give examples of each.

7. Explain the effects of delay of reinforcement.

8. Identify four schedules of reinforcement and the pattern of response associated with each.

9. Define positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, punishment, and avoidance training.

10. Distinguish between cognitive learning and traditional theories of conditioning. Explain contingency theory.

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