Psych 101- 12 Elicited Behavior

Learning

a process by which experiences change our behavior

Features of learning:

• changes are relatively enduring

• changes are in potential for behavior

• changes are not due to maturation, motivation, or fatigue

Unconditioned Behavior

behaviors that do not require the learning of an association

• reflexes

• fixed action patterns

• habituation

• sensitization

Conditioned Behaviors

Behaviors that require learning an association between two or more events

• Classical (pavlovian) conditioning

• Operant (instrumental) conditioning

Elicited Behavior

Behavior that is elicited (caused) by a stimulus or event

Emitted Behavior

Behavior that is selected, shaped, and maintained by a stimulus or event

Reflexes

A behavioral response functionally linked to a stimulus, the simplest form of elicited behavior. Sensory motor to motor neuron

Fixed Action Patterns

A sequence of elicited behaviors in which each response produces the stimulus that elicits the next response

• species-specific

• invariable; all or none

Habituation

a decrease in strength of a response when a stimulus is presented repeatedly, begins when the stimulus is benign.

• stimulus specific

• adaptive function

• dishabituation

Sensitization

an increase in strength of a response when a stimulus is presented repeatedly, occurs when a stimulus is noxious

• Generalized: often enhances response to a variety of stimuli

• Emotionally charged: often occurs with pain, fear, or trauma

Ivan Pavlov

Dogs and digestion experiment, classical conditioning

Classical Conditioning

• unconditioned stimulus

• unconditioned response

• conditioned stimulus

• conditioned response

Acquired and losing a conditioned response

Stimulus Generalization

If stimulus is similar to original stimulus will cause generalization of conditioned response

Stimulus Discrimination

If the stimulus is entirely different, it will be discriminated against/not reactive

John Watson- Behaviorism

Believed psychology should be focused on observable behaviors

• classical conditioning with complex behavior