Chapter 7

Question 1

What is learning?

Answer 1

human’s ability to adapt with experience

Question 2

What is classical conditioning?

Answer 2

expecting and preparing for significant events such as the arrival of food or pain

Question 3

What is operant conditioning?

Answer 3

repeat acts that bring rewards and to avoid acts that bring unwanted results

Question 4

What is US?

Answer 4

in classical conditioning, a stimulus that unconditionally- naturally and automatically- triggers an unconditional response

Question 5

What is UR?

Answer 5

in classical conditioning, an unlearned, naturally occurring response (such as salivation) to an unconditioned stimulus(such as food in the mouth)

Question 6

What is CR

Answer 6

in classical conditioning, a learned response to a previously neutral (but now conditioned) stimulus

Question 7

What is CS

Answer 7

in classical conditioning, an originally neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response

Question 8

What is the difference between conditioned and und unconditioned?

Answer 8

conditioned: learned
unconditioned: unlearned

Question 9

What is Acquisition?

Answer 9

when a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus; first step of classical conditioning