Chapter 4 Learning And Human Nature Flashcards
What is the basic purpose of learning?
To adapt to changing circumstances
Give an example of a fixed action pattern.
A flock of birds migrating in winter
How have psychologist traditionally study learning?
In laboratories with nonhuman animals as participants
What is learned in classical conditioning?
A relationship between two stimulus events
What is Thorndike law of effect?
Learning is controlled by its consequences
According to John B Watson any behavior even strong emotion could be explained by the power of
Conditioning
What was the point of the Skinner box?
It provided a simple highly controlled environment
Imagine a behavior therapist is treating a person who fears going out public places. What would the therapist be likely to focus on?
Providing positive consequences for going out
When should the conditioned stimulus be presented in order to optimally produce classical conditioning?
Just before the unconditioned stimulus
In order to produce extinction of a classically conditioned behavior an experimenter would
Present the conditioned stimulus in the absence of the unconditioned stimulus
