Chapter 7 Learning (Behaviourism)

What is classical conditioning?

a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus through repeated pairing with an unconditioned stimulus.

What is the unconditioned stimulus (UCS), in classical conditioning?

a stimulus that elicits a natural unlearned repsonse

What is the conditioned stimulus (CS), in classical conditioning?

neutral stimulus after being paired with Unconditional stimulus begins to trigger a conditioned response

When does extinction occur, in classical conditioning?

conditioned stimulus presented repeatedly without the unconditioned stimulus

What does positive reinforcement involve?

Increase behaviour add desirable

What does negative reinforcement involve?

removing something unpleasant to increase a behaviour (example: student does his homework to avoid being grounded by parents)

What does shaping involve?

gradually teaching a new behaviour by reinforcing successive approximation of desired behaviour