LEARNING: STUDY GUIDE TEST 1
General info:
-Multiple choice (remember to bring form & pencil)
-One page, one side, of notes is allowed; this means questions will require understanding
& application of concepts, not just memorization
-Questions drawn from lectures and from relevant book chapters; this guide will cover
the most important concepts, but any assigned reading material or content
discussed in class is fair game!
-Good luck, happy studying : )
From chapter 1:
Key Terms: learning, behavior, behaviorism, latent learning, law of contiguity &
parsimony, empiricism vs. nativism, social learning theory, reciprocal determinism,
radical behaviorism, S-R theory
Key Concepts: Skinner and Watson’s views on behaviorism, internal events, hereditary
factors… compare & contrast their positions
From chapter 2:
Key Terms: appetitive/aversive stimulus, baseline, contingency, control group,
dependent/independent variables, deprivation/satiation, establishing operation, multiplebaseline design, reversal design, spatial/temporal contiguity
Key Concepts: compare/contrast: descriptive vs. experimental research; the methods &
advantages/disadvantages of the various research designs; contiguity vs. contingency
From chapter 3:
Key Terms: habituation, dishabituation, spontaneous recovery, sensitization, fixed action
pattern, opponent-process theory, reflex, sign stimulus/releaser
Key Concepts: compare/contrast: reflex vs. fixed action pattern; habituation vs.
sensitization; dishabituation vs. spontaneous recovery
Note: the last part of chapter 3, on classical conditioning, will not be covered on this test.