Psychology - Questions/Answers

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PSYCHOLOGY
FEBRUARY 11, 2020
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QUESTIONS 1
Answer 1:
Ivan Pavlov discovered the classical conditioning. There are five main principles of classical
conditioning -
 Acquisition – for example, response of dog on the food
 Spontaneous Recovery – for example, spontaneously response of animal on bell
 Stimulus Generalization – for example, fear of children for white rat
 Extinction – For example, smell of food
 Stimulus Discrimination – For example, difference between bell tone and same sounds
Answer 2:
The operant conditioning is considered as the learning method that takes place throughout
the reward as well as punishment for the behaviour. It is also known as
instrumental conditioning. It can say that, with the help of operant conditioning, a connection is
made between the conduct and consequences for these conducts (Butler & Sarlöv-Herlin, 2019).
Answer 3:
There are some reinforcement schedules. For example, these are only applied while target
behaviour has occurred. These reinforcement schedules are listed below -
 Fixed Ratio Schedule (FR schedule)
 Fixed Interval Schedule (FI schedule)
 Variable Ratio schedule (VR Schedule)
 Variable Interval schedule (VI schedule)
Answer 4:
The Rescorla Wagner model (R-W model) is considered as a model that casts the
conditioning procedure in the distinct trial. At the time of casting, the stimuli can be either
existing or inattentive. It can say that the Rescorla Wagner model is known as classical
conditioning model in which the animals are theorized to learn from the discrepancy
between what is activated to take place as well as what really takes place. In this way, all
stimulus are either available or not available at certain stages in s trial in trial level model.
Answer 5:
The latent learning is considered as unconscious retention of data without any support or
enthusiasm. In latent learning, someone can change his behaviour in case of having proper