Assess your understanding of this learning pathway by selecting the correct answer for each of the following questions:
- Which of the following descriptions does NOT represent learning?
- Iko looks up the Wikipedia article about Albert Bandura, and he now knows that Alberta Bandura was born in Mundare, Alberta.
- Geri looks up a video about how to dye fabric and then uses the same technique to dye a t-shirt.
- Petra used to get a small shock from her car door but now touches the ground before touching the door to avoid it.
- Preeti completes all of her choirs without being asked because she knows she will receive a cookie.
- ____ is a reflex, while ___ is an instinct.
- Protecting one’s baby; a baby breastfeeding
- A baby breastfeeding; preferring the taste of fatty foods
- Preferring the taste of fatty foods;
- Blinking to a puff of air to the eye; protecting one’s baby
- Karaan was never afraid of heights prior to meeting their partner Chris, who has a phobia of heights. Karaan has never had a bad experience with heights, but after 10 years with Chris, Karaan now experiences wobbly knees and a rapid heart rate when they approach a ledge or cliff. Karaan’s behavior is an example of:
- classical conditioning.
- observational learning.
- operant conditioning.
- an instinct.
- Using physical punishment to discourage specific behaviors in children can result in a conditioned emotional response toward the child’s parent(s). In this example, what is the conditioned response?.
- Fear of parent(s)
- Getting hit
- The parent(s)
- Fear of getting hit
- Gerhardt got sick after eating a peach. Now he feels sick when he looks at peaches, nectarines or plums. This illustrates:
- spontaneous recovery.
- extinction.
- acquisition.
- generalization
- You are online one evening when an advert appears showing your favourite movie star wearing a new brand of sunglasses. The advertiser hopes that your positive feelings toward the movie star will make you want the sunglasses. In this situation, the sunglasses would be the:
Review questions
Assess your understanding of this learning pathway by selecting the correct answer for each of the following questions:
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