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Example Question #4 : Conditioning, Learning, And Behavior Change
Which of the following correctly matches the researcher with the area in which they famously conducted experiments?
Stanley Milgram: Classical Conditioning
Albert Bandura: Observational Learning
B.F. Skinner: Operant Conditioning
Stanley Milgram: Obedience
Ivan Pavlov: Observational Learning
B.F. Skinner: Operant Conditioning
None of these
Philip Zimbardo: Observational Learning
Margaret and Harry Harlow: Social Development and Attachment
Ivan Pavlov: Operant Conditioning
Albert Bandura: Observational Learning
Stanley Milgram: Obedience
Ivan Pavlov: Classical Conditioning
Albert Bandura: Observational Learning
Stanley Milgram: Obedience
Ivan Pavlov: Classical Conditioning
Albert Bandura famously conducted the Bobo doll experiment which demonstrated observational learning. Margaret and Harry Harlow conducted experiments with monkeys, showing the importance of "contact comfort" for healthy social development and attachment. Ivan Pavlov conducted the famous classical conditioning experiment, pairing a bell ringing with food to elicit salivation in dogs. B.F. Skinner conducted experiments demonstrating concepts of operant conditioning. Milgram's famous experiment demonstrated ground-breaking findings involving obedience. Philip Zimbaro's Standford Prison experiment demonstrated shocking psychological effects of the prisoner and guard dynamic.
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