Behavior Modification

Question 1

habituation

Answer 1

“getting used to it”, flooding, desenitizing

Question 2

flooding

Answer 2

exposing an animal in full force until animal stops reacting to stimulus and learns to ignore it

Question 3

when can flooding be good to use?

Answer 3

put a kitten that hasn’t been around other cats in a room full of kittens and they will eventually get used to it and play with the other kittens

Question 4

desenitization

Answer 4

present stimulus at low levels in which animal doesn’t respond and gradually build up strength of stimulus until animal learns to ignore full force stimulus

Question 5

counterconditioning

Answer 5

principle of learning in which negative or undesirable behavior is extinguished/controlled by teaching a different behavior

Question 6

classical counterconditioning

Answer 6

using classical conditioning to condition an animal to new associations