Behaviorism and Learning

Question 1

Behaviorism

Answer 1

How environment and experience shape behavior

Question 2

Equipotent

Answer 2

Principles of learning apply to any heavers and across all organisms

Question 3

Focus on behavior

Answer 3

Learning is studied objectively by looking at behaviors. Learning involves a change in behavior

Question 4

Classical/Associative conditioning

Answer 4

We learn associations between events
We anticipate important events
If “A” always precedes “B” then A comes to predict “B”
The stimulus comes first, and the behavior follows
Proposed by Ivan Pavlov

Question 5

UCS

Answer 5

Unconditional stimulus: The stimulus that naturally triggers a response

Question 6

UCR

Answer 6

Unconditional response: Unlearned, natural response

Question 7

CS

Answer 7

Conditions stimulus: The previously neutral stimulus that becomes a learned trigger for the response

Question 8

CR

Answer 8

Conditioned response: Learned response to a condition stimulus