Chapter 12 Flashcards
Respondent Conditioning
A neutral stimulus comes to elicit a reflexive response when it is associated with a stimulus that already produces that response.
Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)
A stimulus that elicits an Unconditioned Response.
Unconditioned Response (UCR)
An innate response elicited by the Unconditioned Stimulus that is naturally associated with it.
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
A previously biologically neutral stimulus that, through experience, comes to elicit a Conditioned Response.
Conditioned Response (CR)
A response elicited by a Conditioned Stimulus.
In Watson’s famous lecture “Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It” what does he state (3)
- Psychology is a purely objective experimental branch of natural science
- Its theoretical goal is the prediction and control of behavior
- Introspection forms no essential part of its method
Four types of Behavior
- Implicit learned behavior
- Explicit learned behavior
- Implicit unlearned behavior
- Explicit unlearned behavior
Explicit learned behavior (overt)
Talking, writing, and playing baseball
Implicit learned behavior (covert)
Increased heart rate caused by the sight of a dentist’s drill
Explicit unlearned behavior
Grasping, blinking, and sneezing
Implicit unlearned behavior
Glandular secretions and circulatory changes
Extinction
The elimination or reduction of a conditioned response that results when a conditioned stimulus is presented but is not followed by the unconditioned stimulus.
Spontaneous Recovery
The reappearance of a conditioned response after a delay following extinction.
Disinhibition
The inhibition of and inhibitory process.
Sentiment
The elicitation of two or more instinctual tendencies by the same object, event, or thought.
