Module 21 Flashcards
Process of acquiring through experience new information or behaviors
Learning
How do we learn?
Through association, through consequences, through acquisition
Watson
Influenced by Pavlov
Theoretical goal of science of psychology is prediction and control of behavior
Psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes
Behaviorism
Pavlov
Studied digestive system, first Russian Noble Prize (1904)
Demonstrated associative learning via salivary conditioning
Type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events
Classical Conditioning
In classical conditioning, a stimulus that elecits no response before conditioning
Neutral Stimulus
In classical conditioning, an unlearned, naturally occurring response to an unconditioned stimulus
Unconditioned Response
In classical conditioning, a stimulus that unconditionally, naturally and automatically, triggers an unconditioned response
Unconditioned Stimulus
Initial stage, when one likes a neural stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus begins triggering the conditioned response
Acquisition
Diminishing of a conditioned response, occurs in classical conditioning when a unconditioned stimulus does not follow a conditioned stimulus
Extinction
Reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response
Spontaneous Recovery
Tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elecit similar responses
Generalization
Learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and other irrelevant stimuli
Discrimination
Pavlovs principles area used to influence
Human health and well-being
