Chp7 Flashcards
(50 cards)
Elicits (a response) (food)
Unconditioned stimulus
Elicits no response (bell)
Neutral Stimulus
(Dog salivates) naturally happens wasn’t taught
Unconditioned response
Bell which was taught
Conditioned stimulus
Salivation from bell
Conditioned response
Happens after the bell with presentation of food over time so the ringing of the bell now elicits salvation from dog
Classical conditioning
Something that is presented (bell)
Stimulus
Explain Pavlov’s experiment with dogs
He was able to use a bell which was a neutral stimulus and make it into a conditioned stimulus
Learner reacts to a particular object/situation in the same way that he/she reacts to the one that resembles the object/situation
Generalization
When a child is born and hears every female be called mommy so they think everyone is mommy is exp of
Generalization
Process in which the learner is trained to distinguish between similar but distinct stimuli
Discrimination
Gradual elimination of learned response when the USC (fish reward) is taken away
Extinction
Dog stops salivating in response to bell when no food is presented is exp of
Extinction
Reoccurrence/reappearance of a learned behavior after extinction
Spontaneous recovery
Dog may choose to do a trick a week after extinction to see if reward might follow is exp of
Spontaneous recovery
Describe Garcias experiment with taste aversion
Experiment about rats was given sweet taste/sugar water and radiation that caused nausea and therefore they formed a taste diversion of the sweet taste/sugar water
Describe the Little Albert experiment
Created a fear response by combining a white rat with the loud noise making the baby scared to the white rat
Learn to do or not do things based on the consequences of the behavior
Operant conditioning
When you drive past a red light you know you could get a ticket or cause a accident this is a exp of
Operant conditioning
Continuous or partial reinforcer of behavior
Schedule of reinforcement
Rewards and compliments for doing a good job is exp of
Schedules of reinforcement
You continue to do it every time
Continuous reinforcement
You don’t do it all the time
Partial reinforcement
Using reinforcers to guide an organisms actions toward a desired behavior
Shaping