U4 P1 Psych

Question 1

learning

Answer 1

the process of acquiring through experience new & relatively enduring information & behaviors

Question 2

habituation

Answer 2

decreasing responsiveness with repeated exposure to a stimulus

Question 3

associative learning

Answer 3

learning that certain events occur together. The events may be two stimuli (classical) or a response and its consequence (operant)

Question 4

Stimulus

Answer 4

any event or situation that envokes a response

Question 5

respondent behavior

Answer 5

behavior that occurs as an automatic response to some stimulus

Question 6

operant behavior

Answer 6

behavior that operates on the environment producing consequences

Question 7

cognitive learning

Answer 7

the acquisition of mental information, whether by observing events, by watching others or through language

Question 8

classical conditioning

Answer 8

a type of learning in which we link two or more stimuli; as a result, the first stimulus comes to elicit behavior in anticipation of the second stimulus.
tone - drooling - food

Question 9

behaviorism

Answer 9

the view that psychology 1) should be an objective science that 2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes. (most agree with 1 but not 2)

Question 10

neutral stimulus

Answer 10

in classical conditioning, a stimulus that elicits no response before conditioning

Question 11

unconditioned response

Answer 11

in classical conditioning, an unlearned, naturally occurring response to an unconditoned stimulus.

Question 12

unconditioned stimulus

Answer 12

a stimulus that unconditionally triggers and unconditioned response.

Question 13

conditioned response

Answer 13

a learned response to a previously neutral stimulus

Question 14

conditioned stimulus

Answer 14

an originally neutral stimulus that after association comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Question 15

acquisition

Answer 15

the initial stage, when one links a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus begins triggering the conditioned response.

Question 16

higher-order conditioning

Answer 16

a procedure in which a conditioned stimulus in one conditioning experience is paired with a new neutral stimulus creating a second conditioned stimulus.

Question 17

extinction

Answer 17

the diminishing of a conditioned response
classical - unconditioned stimulus does not follow a conditioned stimulus
operant - not reinforced

Question 18

spontaneous recovery

Answer 18

the reapperance after a pause of an extinguished conditioned response.

Question 19

generalization

Answer 19

the tendency for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses.

Question 20

discrimination

Answer 20

the learned ability to distinguish between conditioned stimulus and similar stimuli that does not signal an unconditioned stimulus.