9.1 Flashcards

Classical conditioning

A learning procedure in which associations are made between neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus

Learning

A relatively permanent change in a behavioral tendency that results from experience

Ivan Pavlov

Famous researcher, explored classical conditioning

Neutral Stimulus

A stimulus that does not initially elicit any part of an unconditioned response

Unconditioned Stimulus

An event that elicits a certain predicable response typically without previous training

Unconditioned response

an organism’s natural reactions to a stimulus

Conditioned stimulus

A once-neutral event that elicits a given response after a period of training in which it has been paired with just before an unconditioned stimulus

Conditioned response

the learned reaction to a conditioned stimulus

Generalizations

responding similarly to a range of similar stimuli

Discrimination

the ability to respond differently to similar but distinct stimuli

Extinction

the gradual disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus

Behaviorism

the attempt to understand behavior in terms of relationships between observable stimuli and observable responses

Behaviorists

Psychologists who study only those behaviors that they can observe and measure