AP Psychology Chapter 5 - Learning
Essay:
The following paragraph is an example of Classical Conditioning. In essay form discuss what is happening
and identify the list of terms that follow using this example:
Aunt Judy owns an old 1970’s car that is not in very good condition. Ten days in a row, she drove with her
four year old son, Ben, in the passenger seat next to her, and made sharp left turns at the corner of Fifth and
Main Street. Each time, the passenger door would swing open and Judy immediately grabbed Ben with her
right arm to protect him from falling out of the car. Now when Judy and Ben make a left hand turn at Fifth
and Main Street, Judy reaches out to grab Ben.
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Unconditioned Stimulus
Unconditioned Response
Conditioned Stimulus
Conditioned Response
Generalization
Discrimination
Extinction
Spontaneous Recovery
AP Psychology Chapter 5 Learning
Essay:
Each Psychologist below is responsible for developing an important learning theory or concept. Choose
any five and discuss the theory each is known for and the experiment that supports their findings.
Thorndike
Tolman
Bandura
Kohler
John Garcia
Epstein
Maier, Seligman and Solomon
Harry Harlow
Rescorla
AP Psychology Chapter 5 Learning
Essay:
Each Psychologist below is responsible for developing an import learning theory or concept. Discuss the
theory each is known for and the experiment that supports their findings.
Thorndike – puzzle box – cat learning - operant conditioning
Tolman – latent learning – rats looking for food in a maze
Bandura – social learning – bobo dolls
Kohler - insight learning - monkeys
John Garcia - taste aversion – rats drinking from plastic bottles
Epstein – insight learning in pigeons
Maier, Seligman and Solomon - learned helplessness
Rescorla – backward conditioning – animals exposed to tone and shock at different times
Harlow – learning sets -- monkeys