Chapter 2 Test Flashcards
Classical conditioning
Process of learning in which one stimulus signals the arrival of another stimulus (sometimes called Pavlovian conditioning)
Behavioral paychologists
Focused on the learning of associations through classical conditioning and operant conditioning
Palov
Russian psychologist studying digestive processes in dogs, realized if he would ring a bell the dogs would saliva even without food
Unconditioned stimulus (UCS)
Means nothing, doesn’t know what it means yet
Unconditioned response (UCR)
Response that just happens, not learned
Conditioned stimulus (CS)
The thing that makes you learn, (the bell)
Condition response (CR)
Something you so because you leaned it (saliva)
Conditional emotional response (CER)
Emotional responses are classically conditioned to a previously neutral stimulus (NS)
Acquisition
Process of acquiring a new response
The strength of the CR increases during
Acquisition
Extinction -
Stimulus ends and extinct
Stimulus generalization
Example ( all bikes are awesome)
Spontaneous recovery
Response after a old CS
Stimulus discrimination
Example (all of the bikes suck, but they are nice looking)
Cognitive psychology
Studying and learning are interested in the more complex type of learning involved in human recovery