Unit 2 Psych

Behaviorism - Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning

behaviorism

objective science based on observable events, actions, and behavior

researchers who introduced conditioning

Pavlov (dogs, russian) Watson + Rayner (baby Albert, americab)

Conditioning means…

training behavior, process of learing/internalizing associations

unconditioned response (UCS)

stimulus that causes natural response (getting attacked by dog)

unconditioned response (UCR)

natural reaction(panic b/c of dog attack)

neutral stimulus (NS)

something that normally wouldn’t cause reaction becomes triggering (barking)

Conditioned stimulus (NS)

something that normally wouldn’t cause reaction becomes triggering (barking)

Conditioned response (CR)

learned behavior (panic because of dog bark)

why’s association of stimuli necessary in classical conditioning?

acts as trigger for reaction, certain events occur tg