Ms14-Ms15 Flashcards
What does a Null Hypothesis do?
it removes objectivity
what is a Null Hypothesis?
implies there is no effect/relationship between two variables
what if the Null Hypothesis is rejected?
then there IS a relationship
what is an Alternative Hypothesis?
what the researcher is trying to support
what is behavior?
an organisms’ internally coordinated response to internal/external stimuli
what two systems strongly influence behavior?
the Nervous and Endocrine systems
what two things can behavior be?
learned or innate
what happens with the 1st encounter of a specific stimuli?
elicits a behavior without learning
what do these 1st encounter stimuli do?
allows young to perform behaviors critical to survival before learning can take place
what are the two kinds of behaviors?
Innate and Fixed Action Patterns (FAP)
what is the process of FAP?
the presence of the stimulus leads to a sequence of behaviors, no matter what
What is learned behavior?
a response to stimuli based on experience(adaptive)
what is one kind of a learned behavior?
Habituation
What is habituation?
learning that results in a decreased response in stimulus
What is operant conditioning?
“trial and error” learning
