Conditioning Psychology
Contribution: developed the theory of "classical conditioning" while working with dogs
What is Ivan Pavlov?
biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience.
What is maturation?
belief in reason and logic as the primary source of knowledge
What is rationalism?
A response involving (1) Physiological arousal, (2) Expressive behaviors, and (3) Conscious Experience
What is emotion?
any treatment used by therapists to help troubled individuals overcome their problems
What is psychotherapy?
Learning that takes place when two or more stimuli are paired together
What is classical conditioning?
all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.
What is cognition?
the belief that accurate knowledge can be acquired through observation
what is empiricism?
Physiological response → Cognitive label → Awareness of experience = Emotion
What is the James-Lange Theory?
the use of biological interventions, such as drugs, to treat mental disorders
What is biomedical therapy?
It is the stimulus that triggers a natural reflexive response.
What is unconditioned stimulus?
in Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth to about 2 years of age) during which infants know the world mostly in terms of their sensory impressions and motor activities.
What is the sensorimotor stage?
An approach to psychology concerned with the adaptive purpose, or function, of mind and behavior.
What is functionalism?
Simultaneous (Physiological response + Cognitive label) = Emotion
What is the Cannon-Bard Theory?
aimed at understanding motives and actions
What are insight therapies?
It initially has no effect but after conditioning, it triggers a natural reflexive response.
What is a conditioned stimulus?
the awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived.
What is object permanence?
A psychological approach that emphasizes the role of environmental forces in producing behavior
What is behaviorism?
Physiological response (Always) + Cognitive label (always) = Emotion
What is the two factor theory?
according to Freud, the remembered story line of a dream
What is manifest content?
Defined: Learning is based on the association of one's behavior and its consequences. Consequences are reinforced or punished
What is operant conditioning?
in Piaget's theory, the stage (from 2 to about 6 or 7 years of age) during which a child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic.
an organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts.
What is gestalt?
A device that measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion.
What is a polygraph?
according to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream
What is latent content?