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This Russian physiologist discovered that dogs could learn to salivate at the sound of a bell after it was repeatedly paired with food.
- Ivan Pavlov
- B.F. Skinner
- John Watson
- Albert Bandura
This type of learning occurs when a behavior is strengthened because it is followed by a pleasant consequence.
- Punishment
- Positive reinforcement
- Extinction
- Habituation
This term describes the gradual weakening of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.
- Generalization
- Discrimination
- Extinction
- Acquisition
This American psychologist is famous for his work with operant conditioning chambers, sometimes called "puzzle boxes" for animals.
- B.F. Skinner
- Edward Thorndike
- John Watson
- Carl Rogers
This process occurs when a behavior decreases because it is followed by an unpleasant consequence.
- Positive reinforcement
- Negative reinforcement
- Extinction
- Punishment
This psychologist conducted the famous "Little Albert" experiment, demonstrating that fear could be conditioned in humans.
- Ivan Pavlov
- B.F. Skinner
- John Watson
- Sigmund Freud
This term describes when an organism responds to stimuli similar to the original conditioned stimulus.
- Generalization
- Discrimination
- Extinction
- Spontaneous recovery
This learning theory suggests that people can learn new behaviors by observing others, without direct reinforcement.
- Classical conditioning
- Social learning theory
- Operant conditioning
- Behaviorism
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