vocab 6

Question 1

ivan pavlov

Answer 1

russian physiologist, pavlov’s dogs

Question 2

reflex

Answer 2

unlearned, involuntary response to a stimulus

Question 3

classical conditioning

Answer 3

learning to elicit a reflex response to another stimulus other than the natural stimulus (reflex)

Question 4

unconditioned stimulus

Answer 4

original, naturally occurring response to the conditioned response

Question 5

unconditioned response

Answer 5

involuntary response to the unconditioned stimulus

Question 6

neutral stimulus

Answer 6

stimulus with no effect

Question 7

conditioned stimulus

Answer 7

previously neutral stimulus that creates an involuntary response

Question 8

conditioned response

Answer 8

response to the conditioned stimulus

Question 9

stimulus generalization

Answer 9

tendency to react or respond to a stimulus that is similar to the original conditioned stimulus

Question 10

stimulus discrimination

Answer 10

the ability to detect or tell the difference between a fake conditioned response and the real conditioned response

Question 11

extinction

Answer 11

conditioned response dying out

Question 12

spontaneous recovery

Answer 12

conditioned response briefly reappears when original conditioned stimulus

Question 13

higher-order conditioning

Answer 13

a conditioned stimulus creates a second conditioned response

Question 14

john watson

Answer 14

little albert experiment

Question 15

baby albert

Answer 15

baby who was classically conditioned to fear a white rat

Question 16

conditioned emotional response

Answer 16

classically conditioned response, responses that were learned

Question 17

vicarious conditioning

Answer 17

the process of being classically conditioned by seeing someone else respond to the stimulus

Question 18

conditioned taste aversion

Answer 18

creating an aversion to a specific food by using drugs or chemicals

Question 19

biological preparedness

Answer 19

organisms are evolutionarily predisposed to developing associations between stimuli and their response

Question 20

operant conditioning

Answer 20

learning that applies to voluntary behavior, creating involuntary responses

Question 21

law of effect

Answer 21

if a pleasurable reward is delivered after an action, the action will be repeated

Question 22

edward thorndike

Answer 22

explored and tried to outline the laws of learning voluntary responses

Question 23

b.f skinner

Answer 23

behaviorist that succeeded john watson, studied measurable, observable behavior

Question 24

reinforcement

Answer 24

anything that causes a response to occur again, occurs after the initial response

Question 25

skinner box

Answer 25

a research device skinner created that trained rats to press a lever to get food

Question 26

reinforcers

Answer 26

items or events that strengthen a response when following it

Question 27

primary reinforcement

Answer 27

a reinforcer that fulfills a basic need

Question 28

negative reinforcement

Answer 28

reinforcement of behavior by subtracting a pleasurable consequence

Question 29

john garcia

Answer 29

created taste aversion

Question 30

robert rescorla

Answer 30

stimuli must be combined

Question 31

premack principle

Answer 31

a more preferred activity can be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity