psych spontaneous recovery

revival of an extinguished response

spontaneous recovery

act of responding differently to stimuli that are not similar

discrimination

stimulus that encourages a behavior by meeting an organism’s basic biological needs

reinforcer primary

stimulus that causes an automatic response

unconditioned stimulus

when a conditioned response stops occurring

extinction

form of learning based on the consequences of actions

operant conditioning

method that involves relaxation and gradual exposure to a feared stimulus

systemic desensitization

method of overcoming fears by pairing a pleasing stimulus with a feared one

counter conditioning

exposing a person to a harmless stimulus until fear is extinguished

flooding

act of responding in the same way to stimuli that seems similar

generalization

pavlov’s dogs were about what type of conditioning

classical

when does a CR occur

pairing unconditioned with a conditioned

bandura showed that we learned from observing and imitating

this is called modeling

when might a CR extinguish

when the conditioned stimulus stops

the process by which a stimulus increases the chances of a preceding behavior occurring again

reinforcement

classical conditioning can be applied to overcome fear using ?

flooding

the process of learning to ride a bicycle is an example of

shaping

what part of the brain fires when performing a certain action, and/or observing a certain action

mirror neurons

which pioneering learning researcher showed the antisocial effects of aggressive models on children’s behavior

bandura

psychologists E.C. Toleman did experiments on rats that showed ??

reinforcement is not necessary for learning

people who watch a lot of violence on television are more likely to be violent in part because of

observational learning

in john b. watson and rosalie rayner’s experiment “little albert” began to fear all objects that were white and furry because of

generalization

most pyschologists suggest that physical punishment is not the best way to deal with a problem because it ???

increases violence, doesn’t teach

wolfgang Kohler considered a chimpanzee’s sudden solving of a problem as evidence of

insight