Chapter 10 Flashcards
Watson’s 1913 paper that argued for a behaviorist approach to psychology
Behaviorist Manifesto
philosophical position associated with Comte, who argued that the only certain knowledge is obtained through objective, publicly observable events
Positivism
For pavlov, any stimulus-response connection does not have to be learned.
unconditioned reflex
Any stimulus that will produce a specific reflex response
unconditioned stimulus
Any stimulus in pavlovian conditioning that will be paired with an unconditioned stimulus to produce a conditioned response
conditioned stimulus
The outcome of Pavlovian conditioning stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stumulus the conditioned stimulus eventually elicits a conditioned response or reflex.
conditioned reflex
In Pavlovian conditioning , the gradual elimination of a conditioned response following the repeated presentation of a conditioned stimulus in the absence of an unconditioned stimulus
extinction
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replication
The tendency for a response learned to one stimulus to occur after the presentation of a second stimulus similar to the first
Generalization
For Pavlov refers to discrimination the ability to distinguish between two stimuli
Differentiation
In pavlovian conditioning; an emotional response that occurs after training a discrimination between two stimuli, then making the stimuli too similar to be discriminated
experimental neurosis