4.7 Flashcards
habituation
the tendency to ignore something that is constant/unchanging
associative learning
A learning process by which a something comes to be associated with another stimulus or behavior, as through classical or operant conditioning
behaviorism
the science of observable behavior
classical conditioning
a process created by Ivan Pavlov in which the subject learns to make an involuntary response to a stimulus other than the original stimulus that normally produces the response
Ivan Pavlov
a russian physiologist best known for his work with classical conditioning
UCR
the involuntary response to the (UCS0
UCS
something that causes and involuntary response
CS
a previously neutral stimulus (NS) that after pairing with the (UCS) repeatedly is able to produce a conditioned response (CR)
CR
an involuntary response given to the conditioned stimulus (CS)
acquisition
repeated pairing of the (UCS) and the (NS)
higher order conditioning
occurs when a strong (CS) takes up the position of an (UCS) and the (NS) later becomes a (CS), thus creating another cycle of classical conditioning
extinction
the gradual weakening and disappearance of a (CR)
spontaneous recovery
the reappearance of a (CR) after extinction has occurred; fairly weak and short-lived
stimulus generalization
the tendency to respond to something that is similar to the conditioned stimulus (CS)
learned helplessness
a concept in which people or animals become conditioned to believed that a situation is unchangeable or inescapable
