Animal behavior

Question 1

operant conditioning

Answer 1

learning through reinforcement, motivation is needed: reward or avoidance of punishment

Question 2

Thorndike’s law of effect

Answer 2

the consequences of behavior influences the following behavior, rewarded behavior will increase, punished behavior will decrease

Question 3

Unconditioned reflex

Answer 3

an inherited behavior, behavior to a key stimuli (example: baby gripping finger)

Question 4

Conditioned reflex

Answer 4

through repitition of the pairing of a potent stimulus and a neutral stimulus, the neutral stimulus itself will eventually cause a response similar to the response of the potent stimulus