3/13/18 Flashcards
Something that produces a response
Stimulus
Learning
Conditioning
Classical Conditioning
Learning in which 1 stimulus calls forth another stimulus
Stimulus that causes an automatic response
Unconditioned stimulus
An automatic response
Unconditioned Response
A learned response to a stimulus that was previously neutral
Conditioned Response
A learned stimulus
Conditioned stimulus
Established the concept of Classical Conditioning
Ivan Pavolov
A learned avoidance of food
Taste aversion
When a conditioned stimulus is no longer followed by an unconditioned stimulus, it will eventually lose its ability to bring a conditioned response
Extinction
Revival of an extinguished response
Spontaneous recovery
Act of responding the same way to stimuli that seem similar
Generalization
Act of responding differently to stimuli that are not similar
Discrimination
Exposing a person to a harmless stimulus until they are no longer afraid of it
Flooding
Method involves relaxation and gradual exposure to feared stimulus
Systematic Desensitation
Method of overcoming fears by pairing a pleasing stimulus with a feared one
Counter Conditioning
Training a child not to wet the bed with the ringing of a bell
Bell-and-pad method
Example of classical Conditioning
Little Albert
Learning in which organisms learn from the effects or consequences of their actions
Operant Conditioning
Difference between operant and classical conditioning
Classical Conditioning: involuntary responses
Operant Conditioning: Voluntary Responses
What did project pigeon establish? Who did it?
Principle of Operant Conditioning; B.F. Skinner
The process by which a stimulus increases the chances that the preceding behavior will occur again
Reinforcement
The stimulus that encourages a behavior to occur again
Reinforcers
Reinforcers that function due to biological makeup- food, water, warmth
Primary reinforcers