AP PSYCHOLOGY

LEARNING

CLASSICAL CONDITIONING VS OPERANT CONDITIONING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Sammy the baseball player loved to hit home runs. Every time he was at bat he would attempt to hit the ball out of the park. Sometimes he was successful, but not always. This best illustrates which schedule of reinforcement?
A
fixed ratio
B
variable ratio
C
fixed interval
D
variable interval
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Observational learning is a major component of Bandura’s social learning theory. He also emphasized that four conditions were necessary in any form of observing and modeling behavior: attention, retention, reproduction, and motivation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: The correct answer is C. When a dog plays dead she gets a treat in order to encourage her to repeat the behavior. The dog has learned that she will get a treat, positive reinforcement, for playing dead in this example.

Detailed explanation-3: -The most famous example of classical conditioning was Ivan Pavlov’s experiment with dogs, who salivated in response to a bell tone. Pavlov showed that when a bell was sounded each time the dog was fed, the dog learned to associate the sound with the presentation of the food.

Detailed explanation-4: -Only ordering a dish at one restaurant because you know that other restaurants don’t offer that same menu item is an example of stimulus discrimination.

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