Chapter 8 First Half Flashcards
Associative Learning
Learning that certain events occur together.
Learning
A relatively permanent change on a behavior due to experience
Classical Conditioning
A type of learning in which an organism comes to associate stimuli.
Behaviorism
The view that psychology 1 should be an objective science that 2 studies behavior without reference to mental processes.
Ivan Pavlov
Classical Conditioning
Unconditioned Stimulus (US)
In classical conditioning, a stimulus that unconditionally, naturally Ann’s automatically triggers a response
Unconditioned Response (UR)
In classical conditioning, the unlearned, naturally occurring response to the Unconditioned Stimulus (US) such as salvation when food is in the mouth
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
In classical conditioning, an originally irrelevant stimulus that, after associating with an Unconditioned Stimulus (US), triggers a conditioned response
Conditioned Response (CR)
In classical conditioning, the learned response to a previously neutral but now conditioned stimulus (CS)
Acquisition
The pairing of the US and the NS so the NS comes to elicit the CR
Taste Aversion
Acquisition only takes one time because the response is so strong
Extinction
The weakening of the CR in the absence of the US
Spontaneous Recovery
The reappearance after a pause of an extinguished conditioned response
Generalization
The tendency of a new stimulus that is similar to the original stimulus to elicit a response that is similar to the CR
Discrimination
Learning to respond to certain stimuli and not others
