Learning (classical conditioning)

Question 1

Define Learning

Answer 1

The process of acquiring new and relatively enduring information or behavior

Question 2

How do we learn?

Answer 2

Repeat acts that bring rewards and avoid acts that bring unwanted results

Question 3

What is associative learning?

Answer 3

Learning that certain events occur together

Question 4

Ivan Pavlov

Answer 4

First to conduct experiments on classical conditioning (Dogs, bell, food, salivating)

Question 5

John B Watson

Answer 5

“psychology’s goal is the prediction and control of behavior” Little Albert, rats, loud tone, fear of furry things

Question 6

Behaviorism:

Answer 6

The view that psychology should study behavior without reference to mental process

Question 7

Unconditioned stimulus:

Answer 7

Stimulus that naturally triggers an unconditioned response

Question 8

Unconditioned response:

Answer 8

Naturally occurring response to unconditioned stimulus

Question 9

Neutral stimulus

Answer 9

Elicits no response before conditioning (always the same as conditioned stimulus)

Question 10

Conditioned stimulus

Answer 10

triggers a conditioned response after association with unconditioned stimulus

Question 11

Conditioned response

Answer 11

Learned response to a conditioned stimulus

Question 12

Extinction

Answer 12

Diminishing of a learned response. When an unconditioned stimulus does not follow conditioned stimulus

Question 13

Spontaneous recovery

Answer 13

The reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response (without repairing) AFTER EXTINCTION

Question 14

Generalization

Answer 14

Once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit a similar response

Question 15

Discriminazation

Answer 15

Th learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and a similar stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus