Module 21 Flashcards
In classical conditioning, the unlearned, naturally occurring response to the unconditioned stimulus (US),such as salivation when food is in the mouth.
Unconditioned response (UR)
A relatively permanent change in an organisms behavior due to experience.
Learning
In classical conditioning, a stimulus that unconditionally – naturally and automatically – triggers a response.
Unconditioned stimulus (US)
In classical conditioning, the learned response to previously neutral (but now conditioned ) stimulus CS.
Conditioned response (CR)
In classical conditioning, an originally irrelevant stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus (US), comes to trigger a conditioned response.
Conditioned stimulus (CS)
The initial stage in classical conditioning; the phase associating a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus comes to elicit a conditioned response.
Acquisition
The diminishing of a conditioned response; occurs in classical conditioning when an unconditioned stimulus (US) does not follow a conditioned stimulus (CS).
Extinction
The reappearance, after a pause, Of an extinguished conditioned response.
Spontaneous recovery
The tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses.
Generalization
In classical conditioning, the learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus.
Discrimination
Learning that certain events (2 stimuli, in classical conditioning) occur together.
Associative learning
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.
Classical conditioning
The view that psychology (1)should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most research psychologist today agree with (1)but not with (2)
Behaviorism