Unit 5: Behaviorism

Question 1

Types of conditioning

Answer 1

• classical

- operant

Question 2

Classical Conditioning- drooling dogs person

Answer 2

Ivan Pavlov

Question 3

Neutral Stimulus

Answer 3

No reaction at 1st, but is later assosciate with it

Question 4

Acquisition

Answer 4

Point at which the conditioned response 1st occurs

Question 5

Discrimination

Answer 5

Only have CR to a specific stimulus

Cant eat wendys but can eat culvers

Question 6

Generalization

Answer 6

CR occurs because of a range of similar stimuli

Doesnt like wendys, so doesnt like all fast food

Question 7

2 classical conditioning

Answer 7

• pavlov

- watson

Question 8

Extinction

Answer 8

When the conditned response no longer occurs because of the stimulus

Question 9

Spontaneous Recovery

Answer 9

Randomly comes back

Once extinct, suddelt reoccurs

Question 10

Operant Conditioning

Answer 10

Voluntary behaviors

Rewards and punishments

Question 11

Operant conditioning people

Answer 11

THORNDIKE (MAIN)

B.F. Skinner

Question 12

Law of effect

Answer 12

The more you reinforce a bhavior the more it will happen (THORNDIKE)

Question 13

What did BF Skinner do

Answer 13

Rats and pigeons
Testing schedules
(Reading/pingpong)

Question 14

Shaping

Answer 14

When u gradually reinforce a simple behavior to create a more complex one

Question 15

Reinforcers

Answer 15

Increase the chnage that a behavior will occur again

Question 16

+ reinforcement

Answer 16

When u add so ething wanted

Treats

Question 17

• reinforcement

Answer 17

Take away something unwanted

Nagging/crying

Question 18

Secondary reinforcement

Answer 18

WANT but dont need

Sticker

Question 19

+ punishment

Answer 19

Adding something to decrease a behavior

Chores

Question 20

• punishment

Answer 20

Take away something wanted

Phones

Question 21

Behaviorism

Answer 21

Behaviorism is a systematic approach to the understanding the behavior of humans and other animals.

Question 22

habituation

Answer 22

learning process wherein there is a decrease in response to a stimulus after being repeatedly exposed to it.

Question 23

associative learning

Answer 23

form of conditioning, a theory that states behavior can be modified or learned based on a stimulus and a response

Question 24

Counterconditioning

Answer 24

is to change our response to a given stimulus.

Question 25

vicarious classical conditioning

Answer 25

it involves learning by watching others acquire responses through classical or operant conditioning

Question 26

Higher Order Conditioning

Answer 26

classical conditioning term that refers to a situation in which a stimulus that was previously neutral (e.g., a light) is paired with a conditioned stimulus (e.g., a tone that has been conditioning with food to produce salivating) to produce the same conditioned response as the conditioned stimulus.

Question 27

law of effect

Answer 27

the more you reinforce a behavior the more it will occur

Question 28

operant chamber

Answer 28

is a laboratory apparatus used to study animal behavior. skinner mice and tasks

Question 29

token economy

Answer 29

form of behavior modification designed to increase desirable behavior and decrease undesirable behavior with the use of token

Question 30

behavior modification

Answer 30

reinforcement of desired behaviors and ignoring or punishing undesired ones. skinner

Question 31

Delayed Reinforcement

Answer 31

time delay between the desired response of an organism and the delivery of reward diet/losing weight

Question 32

Learned helplessness

Answer 32

the animal will stop trying to avoid the stimulus and behave as if it is utterly helpless to change the situation

Question 33

operant conditioning on animals

Answer 33

B.F. Skinner

Question 34

latent learning with rats

Answer 34

E Tollman

Question 35

classically conditioned baby Albert

Answer 35

J Watson

Question 36

most known for his research on taste aversion

Answer 36

J Garcia

Question 37

classically conditioned dogs to drool

Answer 37

I Pavlov

Question 38

started operant conditioning law of effect

Answer 38

E Thorndike

Question 39

observational/social learning with bobo

Answer 39

A Bandura

Question 40

Observational Learning

Answer 40

occurs through observing the behavior of others

Question 41

Latent Learning

Answer 41

refers to knowledge that only becomes clear when a person has an incentive to display it. A passenger in a carpool learns the route to work each day through observation, but does not exhibit that knowledge until it is necessary for him to drive the same route . A dog is taught to sit but does not do so until offered a treat as a reward.

Question 42

taste aversion

Answer 42

Conditioned taste aversion occurs when an animal associates the taste of a certain food with symptoms caused by a toxic, spoiled, or poisonous substance. Generally, taste aversion is developed after ingestion of food that causes nausea, sickness, or vomiting.