16. Learning Flashcards
process of acquiring new and relatively enduring information or behaviors roughly 66 days for a habit to form
learning
learning that certain events occur together (two stimuli-CC or a response and its consequence-OC)
associative learning
acquisition of mental information whether by observing events, watching others, or through language
cognitive learning
Watson coined – the view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior w/out reference to mental processes
behaviorism
where one learns to associate 2+ stimuli and anticipate events (teaches to prepare for good or bad)
classical conditioning (food or pain)
terms paired w/ Pavolv’s dog/bell experiment (5)
- neutral stimuli (NS)
- unconditioned response (UR)
- unconditioned stimuli
- conditioned response (CR)
- conditioned stimulus (CS)
a stimulus that elicits no response before conditioning (bell)
neutral stimuli (NR)
natural response to stimuli, such as salivation (salivation after scent or taste of food)
unconditioned response (UR)
a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response (scent/taste of food)
unconditioned stimulus
a conditioned response to a previously neutral stimulus (salivating after a bell – previously neutral)
conditioned response (CR)
an originally irrelevant stimulus that when paired with an unconditioned stimulus comes to trigger a conditioned response (bell, after the dog has been trained)
conditioned stimulus (CS)
situation: I am teaching Lunchablez that a pet on the stomach means it’s time to eat. what is my NS, UR, US, CS, and CR?
NS: pet on the stomach UR: salivate (natural response) US: scent or taste of food CS: pet on the stomach CR: salivate
when you acquire a new skill or ability
acquisition
