AP PSYCHOLOGY

LEARNING

HOW WE LEARN AND CLASSICAL CONDITIONING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When a person or animal makes connections between stimuli or events that occur together, they are exemplifying ____ learning.
A
associative
B
modeling
C
reflexive
D
instinctive
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -unconditioned stimulus. When a person or animal makes connections between stimuli or events that occur together, they are exemplifying learning. established the principles of classical conditioning through his experiments with dogs.

Detailed explanation-2: -Associative learning occurs when an organism makes connections between stimuli or events that occur together in the environment.

Detailed explanation-3: -associative learning, in animal behaviour, any learning process in which a new response becomes associated with a particular stimulus. In its broadest sense, the term has been used to describe virtually all learning except simple habituation (q.v.).

Detailed explanation-4: -Examples of associative learning include: If someone puts their hand on a hot stove and hurts themselves, they may learn to associate hot stoves with pain, and have therefore been conditioned not to put their hands on them.

Detailed explanation-5: -Associative learning is a method or process wherein the learner associates a certain response to an object or a stimulus resulting in a positive or negative outcome. It links ideas to continually reinforce one another.

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