Animal Psychology, Behaviorism, and Learning

Ivan Pavlov

challenged the notion of animal behavior being purely instinctual

John B Watson

American psychologist who formulated a stimulus-response theory and claimed emotion reactions are learned like other skills

Involuntarily

unconditioned response against your will

Behaviorism

theory that behavior is learned rather than genetically programmed

Stimulus-Response Theory

all complex forms of behavior are complex muscular and glandular responses that can be observed and measured

Classical Conditioning

the associate of stimuli that happens at approximately the same time or in roughly the same area

Operant Conditioning

the association of an activity with punishment or reward