Psychology ch 7 test

process of acquiring new and relatively enduring info or behaviors

process of learning associations that takes two main forms; classical and operant

anyeventor situation that evokes a responce

acquisition of mental info by observing events, watching others, or through language

who did the first experimental studies of associative learning

what did watson consider himself to be

elicts no response before conditioning

unconditioned stimulus in pavlovs experiment

unconditioned response in pavlovs experiment

what does the conditioned stimulus signal the impending occurence of

when cs no longer signals a us

reapearance of weakened cr after a pause

occurance of spontaneous recovery suggests that what happens during extinction

tendency to respond likewise to stimuli similar to the cs

learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and other irrelevant stimuli

who studied respondent behavior

who studied operant behavior

what form of learning behavior is influenced by its consequences

what study of little albert demonstrate

what did skinners work elaborate of what thorndike did

guide behavior towards closer and closer approximations of the desired behavior

what kind of stimulus when removed after a responce strengthens the response

best way to describe primary reinforcers

when stimulus acquires reinforcing power through its associations with a primary reinforce

reinforces responce after specified number of responces

reinforces responce after unpredictable # of responces

reinforces responce after specified time has passed

reinforces responce as unpredictable time interval

Positive reinforcers ___the rate of operant responding, and negative reinforcers ___the rate of operant responding

responce that can be modified by consequences and is a meaningful, measurable unit of behavior

learning that some responces, but not others, will be inforced

according to skinner, human behavior is primary controlled by what

voluntary behaviors that produce rewarding or punishing consequences callled

learning association between behaviors and resulting events central to

a psychologist who emphasizes cognitive processes would be likely to suggest that classical conditioning depends on

mirror neurons provide biological basis for

bandura helped w

desire to perform behavior dueto promised rewards or threats of punishment