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Unit 6: Learning - ​AP Psychology Syllabus and Calendar

Unit 6 Varsity Vocabulary Worksheet

Essential Task 6-1:
Learning Theories Overview PowerPoint

Essential Task 6-1: Distinguish general differences between principles of classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and observational learning.

Essential Task 6-2:
Classical Conditioning PowerPoint

Classcial Conditioning Practice Worksheet

Essential Task 6-2: Describe basic classical conditioning phenomena with specific attention to unconditioned  stimulus, unconditioned response, neutral stimulus, pairing, acquisition, conditioned stimulus, conditioned response, extinction, spontaneous recovery, generalization, discrimination, contingency, and higher-order learning.


Essential Task 6-3:
Operant Conditioning PowerPoint

Operant Conditioning Worksheet

Essential Task 6-3: Predict the effects of operant conditioning with specific attention to (primary, secondary, immediate, or delayed) positive/negative reinforcement and punishment.

d​Essential Task 6-4:
Schedules of Reinforcement PowerPoint

Schedules of Reinforcement Worksheet

Schedules of Reinforcement Chart​

Essential Task 6-4: Predict how practice, shaping through successive approximations, schedules of reinforcement (continuous, fixed ratio, variable ration, fixed interval, variable interval), motivation (intrinsic and extrinsic), contingency, and time influence the quality of learning.

Essential Task 6-5:
Social Cognitive Learning Theory PowerPoint

Essential Task 6-5: Describe the essential characteristics of insight learning, latent learning, and observational learning (vicarious learning, live model, and virtual model)



Essential Task 6-6:
Applying Learning 

Essential Task 6-6: Apply learning principles to explain phobias, taste aversion, superstitious behavior, learned helplessness, and biofeedback.

Essential Task 6-7:

Essential Task 6-7: Suggest how you can use this unit to modify a person's behavior and your behavior.

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Varsity Psychologists
  1. Ivan Pavlov
  2. John B. Watson
  3. Robert Rescorla
  4. Edward Thorndike
  5. B. F. Skinner
  6. John Garcia
  7. Edward Tolman
  8. Albert Bandura
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