Chapter 8 Flashcards
Learning that certain events occur together
Associative Learning
Relatively permanent change in an organisms behavior due to experience
Learning
Type of learning in which an organism comes to associate stimuli
Classical conditioning
The view that psychology should be objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes
Behaviorism
A stimulus that unconditionally-naturally and automatically- triggers a response
Unconditioned stimulus
The unlearned naturally occurring response to the unconditioned stimulus
Unconditioned response
An originally irrelevant stimulus that after association with an unconditioned stimulus comes to trigger unconditioned response
Conditioned stimulus
Learned response to a previously neutral stimulus
Conditioned response
Initial stage in classical conditioning; the phase associating a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus so neutral stimulus comes to elicit a condition response
Acquisition
Diminishing; occurs when an US does not follow a CS
Extinction
Reappearance, after a pause of an extinguished condition response
Spontaneous recovery
Tendency for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar response
Generalization
Learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and stimuli; that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus
Discrimination
Type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by punisher
Operant conditioning
Behavior that occurs as an automatic response to some stimulus, skinners term for behavior learned through classical conditioning
Respondent behavior
Behavior that operates on the enviornement, producing consequences
Operant behavior
Thorndikes principal that behaviors followed by the favorable consequences become more likely, behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences become less likely
Law of Effect
Skinners box, containing bar or key that an animal can manipulate to obtain food or water reinforcer
Operant chamber
Reinforces guide behavior toward closer and close approximations of desired behavior
Shaping
