Chapter 8 Vocab Flashcards

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Associative learning

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Learning that certain events occur together. The events may be two stimuli (as in classical conditioning) or a response and its consequences (as in operant conditioning)

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Learning

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A relatively permanent change in an organism’s behaviour due to experience

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Classical conditioning

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A type of learning in which an organism comes to associate stimuli. A neutral stimulus that signals an unconditioned stimulus (US) begins to produce a response that anticipates and prepares for the unconditioned stimulus. Also called Pavlovian or respondent conditioning

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Behaviourism

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The view at psychology (1) should be an objective science that (2) studies behaviour without reference to mental processes. Most research psychologists today agree with (1) but not with (2).

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Ivan Pavlov

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(1849-1936) explored classical conditioning

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Unconditioned stimulus (US)

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In classical condition, a stimulus that unconditionally– naturally and automatically– triggers a response

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Unconditioned response (UR)

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In classical conditioning, the unlearned, naturally occurring responses to the unconditioned stimulus (US), such as salivation when food is in the mouth

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