AP Psychology Unit 6 review classical and operant conditioning

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A very bright (mildly painful) light is turned on a rat. The rat has learned that he can turn off the light by pressing a lever on the other side of his cage. As soon as the light comes on, the rat runs across the room and presses the lever.
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A very bright (mildly painful) light is turned on a rat. The rat has learned that he can turn off the light by pressing a lever on the other side of his cage. As soon as the light comes on, the rat runs across the room and presses the lever.
operant conditioning

negative reinforcement
When a mother strokes her infant's skin, the stroking creates pleasure responses in the baby. After this goes on for many days, the baby begins to show pleasure responses simply at the sight of the mother (before even being touched).
classical conditioning

US - stroking
UCR - pleasure
CS- seeing mom
CR- pleasure
A patient in a mental hospital is very disruptive at mealtimes. She grabs food from the plates of those sitting near her and tries to cram the food in her mouth. Because this behavior of stealing food is very undesirable, a plan is developed whereby every time the patient steals food from other plates, she is immediately taken to a room without food.
operant conditioning

negative punishment
Johnny has gotten into a habit of yelling "Bye, Mom" and then slamming the door very loudly in his hurry to leave for school in the morning. The door slam causes his mother to flinch. After several days of procedure, Johnny's mother begins to flinch at the sound of her son's words "Bye, Mom".
classical conditioning

US - slam door
UCR- flinch
CS- "Bye Mom"
CR- flinch
Imagine you have a friend who keeps the temperature in her home so high that each occasion on which you visit her you find yourself perspiring. The last time you visited her, you noticed that you begin to perspire and became uncomfortable as soon as you saw her house (before you even got inside).
classical conditioning

US- high temperature
UCR- sweating
CS- house
CR- sweating
Fred leaves his clothes and toys all over his room. It seems that the only time he cleans up his room is when his mother yells at him. When she yells at him, Fred picks up his clothes and puts away his toys.
operant conditioning

negative/positive reinforcement
Mr and Mrs. Jones are having a heated argument that both are finding very unpleasant. Mr. Jones gets up and leaves the room, closing the door behind him. This has the effect of terminating the argument. From then on, every time Mrs. Jones raises her voice, Mr Jones leaves the room.
operant conditioning

negative reinforcement