Unit 1

Question 1

Behaviorism

Answer 1

Only objective, observable phenomena in behavior should play a part in psychological research

Question 2

Classical Conditioning

Answer 2

Neutral stimulus is learned to be associated with another stimulus, and its introduction produces same response as the other stimulus

Question 3

Blocking

Answer 3

Neutral stimulus not learned because it doesn’t add new information

Question 4

Information theory

Answer 4

Developed in WW2 that implied that the mind processes information

Question 5

Introspectionism

Answer 5

Model that said people can be trained to accurately analyze their own thoughts

Question 6

Problems with Introspectionism

Answer 6

No unconscious influence and people are unable to understand their own thoughts

Question 7

Noam Chomsky

Answer 7

Critical of Skinner’s idea that people learn language by conditioning. Challenged the “black box”

Question 8

Operant Conditioning

Answer 8

Learning driven by reinforcements. Learner associates between an action and the result.

Question 9

Turing Machines

Answer 9

If the Turing Machine used a process to do arithmetic, then the mind probably has a process as well. Thus, the mind is worth studying.

Question 10

Unconditioned stimulus

Answer 10

Food

Question 11

Unconditioned Response

Answer 11

Salivation

Question 12

Neutral Stimulus

Answer 12

Bell

Question 13

Conditioned Stimulus and Neutral Stimulus

Answer 13

Food and Bell introduced at the same time

Question 14

Conditioned Stimulus

Answer 14

Bell

Question 15

Conditioned Response

Answer 15

Salivation