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Define "Learning" |
An enduring change in the mechanisms of behavior involving specific stimuli andor responses that results from prior experience with those or similar stimuli and responses. |
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T/F: Learning can occur when you see no behavior |
True. While the majority of indicating whether behavior is learned is the exhibition of the behavior. Learning can also be seen when the behavior is withheld (i.e. behaviors that are not desired) |
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Explain how learning must be durable |
The ability of the behavior to be reproduced means that the behavior has been learned and is thus durable. |
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List all of the actions that are NOT learning |
1. Performance (performance depends on many factors other than just learning) 2. Change in stimulus condition (changes in the environment) 3. Alterations in physiological or motivational state of the organism (i.e. Fatigue and hunger) 4. Maturation. |
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Provide an example as to why performance is not learning |
If you hold out your hand and your dog puts his paw on your hand that is a performance. It is not learned unless there is another stipulation that must also be completed. |
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A rat is placed in a T-Mase. The left arm of the maze is lighted and the right arm of the maze is dark. The dark portion of the maze has food at the end of it. On the first 20 trials the rat enters the dark portion on 10 of the trials. On the next set of 20 trials the rat enters the dark portion on all 20 trials. Is the change in behavior between the first 20 trials and the second 20 trials due to learning? |
Yes |
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Infants rely on the rooting reflex to initiate breast feeding. When infants are weaned and stop rooting. Provide an explanation as to why this behavior is not learning. What is it? |
It could be a sign of maturation. |
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You compete against a computer at a video game. During an initial 20 games the computer responds to your moves in a random fashion. During the final 20 games the computer responds to your moves using the information based on the first 20 games. Did the computer learn? |
Yes |
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Jeb sits in his cubicle typing reports at an average of 20 words per minute. As the day progresses his productivity increases to 45 words per minute until he completes his assigned work. Provide an explanation as to why this would be an example of learning |
The reports allow him to practice his typing skills throughout the day as he progresses he'll likely see the same words over and over and wil type these words at a faster rate. |
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The sound of a toilet flushing signaled a major change in shower water temperature in an old apartment building where John was living. The result was that John would jump at the sound of the toilet flushing after only a few times that he took a shower in that apartment, a plumber fixed the problem and the jumping response declined over the course of two weeks. Is this an example of learning? |
Yes. |
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George works overtime the night before taking the Graduate Record Examination. His combined verbal-quantitative score is 950 out of 1600. George retakes the GRE the following week after a full night of sleep and scores 1190. Is this an example of learning? |
No |
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What is an operational definition and why is it necessary? |
A set method to which you are measuring an experiment. Operational definitions are important especially in psychology to provide some kind of defined explanation as to how a parameter (often time complex) is measured to ensure that such an object is measured in the exact same way. (i.e. Operational definitions are important when defining how inteligence will be measured in a group of high school students) |
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List all the ways in which learning is measured |
1. Errors 2. Topography of Behavior 3. Intensity of Behavior 4. Speed 5. Latency of Behavior 6. Rate of Frequency of Behavior 7. Fluency (Errors & Rate) |
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Explain Topography of Behavior and how it is a method of measuring learning |
The Form of Behavior. When learning has occured the form of a behavior changes (i.e. when you learn to golf you will likely have a better form) |
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Explain latency of behavior and how it is a method of measuring learning |
The time it takes for the behavior to occur after the behavior has been requested. As you learn a behavior the latency period will likely decrease. |
