vocab 6 Flashcards
ivan pavlov
russian physiologist, pavlov’s dogs
reflex
unlearned, involuntary response to a stimulus
classical conditioning
learning to elicit a reflex response to another stimulus other than the natural stimulus (reflex)
unconditioned stimulus
original, naturally occurring response to the conditioned response
unconditioned response
involuntary response to the unconditioned stimulus
neutral stimulus
stimulus with no effect
conditioned stimulus
previously neutral stimulus that creates an involuntary response
conditioned response
response to the conditioned stimulus
stimulus generalization
tendency to react or respond to a stimulus that is similar to the original conditioned stimulus
stimulus discrimination
the ability to detect or tell the difference between a fake conditioned response and the real conditioned response
extinction
conditioned response dying out
spontaneous recovery
conditioned response briefly reappears when original conditioned stimulus
higher-order conditioning
a conditioned stimulus creates a second conditioned response
john watson
little albert experiment
baby albert
baby who was classically conditioned to fear a white rat
conditioned emotional response
classically conditioned response, responses that were learned
vicarious conditioning
the process of being classically conditioned by seeing someone else respond to the stimulus
conditioned taste aversion
creating an aversion to a specific food by using drugs or chemicals
biological preparedness
organisms are evolutionarily predisposed to developing associations between stimuli and their response
operant conditioning
learning that applies to voluntary behavior, creating involuntary responses
law of effect
if a pleasurable reward is delivered after an action, the action will be repeated
edward thorndike
explored and tried to outline the laws of learning voluntary responses
b.f skinner
behaviorist that succeeded john watson, studied measurable, observable behavior
reinforcement
anything that causes a response to occur again, occurs after the initial response