Chapter 1
The science of behavior and mental process.
What is Psychology?
The founder of Classical Conditioning
Who is Pavlov?
The Behaviorist that developed the theory of operant conditioning by training pigeons and rats
Who is B.F. Skinner?
While measuring the salivation rates of dogs, he found that they would produce saliva when they heard or smelt food in anticipation of feeding, thus beginning the idea of Classical Conditioning.
What is Pavlov's Classical Condition experiment with Dogs?
The year NHS was founded.
What is 1821?
Variables that are manipulated during an experiment
What is the Independent Variable?
The tendency to have a similar response to a similar stimuli.
What is Generalization?
an event that decreases the behavior that it follows
What is Punishment?
a chamber containing a bar or key that an animal can manipulate to obtain a food or water reinforcer
What is Skinner's Operant Chamber or the Skinner Box?
The tallest mountain on earth.
What is Mt. Everest?
a fake drug used in the testing of medication
What is a Placebo?
An unlearned, naturally occurring response
Unconditioned Response
If I decided to give the entire class a piece of candy because of their focus and engagement in class!
What is Positive Reinforcement?
An experiment to condition fear into a child when it reached for a pleasant stimulus, in this case, a white mouse.
What is the Little Albert Experiment?
an animal believed to be a cross between a camel and a leopard?
What is the Giraffe?
the principle that our mind processes information at the same time on separate conscious and unconscious tracks.
What is Two track mindset or Dual Processing?
an originally irrelevant stimulus that, after association, triggers a conditioned response
What is a Conditioned Stimulus
If I decided to take down a homework assignment because the students was focused and engaged in class!
What is Negative Reinforcement?
Participants randomly assigned as guards or prisoners to study the idea of perceived power.
What is the Stanford Prison Experiment?
the city that hosted to the 2012 Summer Olympic Games
What is London?
an approach that integrates different but complimentary views from biological, psychological, and social culture viewpoints.
What is the Biopsychosocial Approach?
The initial stage of linking a neutral and unconditioned stimulus to trigger a conditioned response.
What is Acquisition?
The idea that behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely, and that behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences become less likely
Law of Effect
An experiment on self control and instant gratification.
What is the Marshmallow Experiment?
The greatest football team of all time.
Who are the Patriots.