Week 7

Question 1

SD vs EO

Answer 1

• SD: what is available

- EO: what is valuable

Question 2

Operant Conditioning

Answer 2

• ABC (three term contingency)
• focus on antecedents
• all units so far in class

Question 3

Respondent Conditioning

Answer 3

• aka classical conditioning

- 2 term contingency (stimulus - response)

Question 4

Neutral Stimulus (NS)

Answer 4

• a stimulus that does not initially elicit the target response

Question 5

Conditioned Stimulus (CS)

Answer 5

• a stimulus that elicits a CR (conditioned response) due to its waiting with a US (unconditioned stimulus)

Question 6

Conditioned Response (CR)

Answer 6

• a response to a CS

- similar or the same general response as the UR (only when it elicits the same response)

Question 7

US + NS

Answer 7

= UR (unconditioned response)

Question 8

US + NS

Answer 8

= UR (unconditioned response)

Question 9

Habituation

Answer 9

• gradual decrease of unconditioned reflex due to repeated presentation of unconditioned stimulus

Question 10

Respondent Extinction

Answer 10

• gradual loss of the conditioned reflex due to repeated presentation of the conditioned stimulus WITHOUT the unconditioned stimulus