Classical Conditioning
What Pavlov was originally studying
What is digestion in dogs?
A punishment or reinforcement with a stimulus being given
What is a positive punishment/reinforcement?
What is motivation?
taste buds of tongue
What is gustation?
Brain lobe that controls touch senses
What is the Parietal Lobe?
During an experiment an originally nuetral event, that after training, leads to a response
What is a nuetral stimulus?
A punishment or reinforcement with a stimulus being taken away
What is a negative punishment/reinforcement?
Food, water, or shelter
What are basic motivations?
Light waves
what is the stimulus for vision?
Lobe of the brain that controls visual senses
What is the Occipital Lobe?
is an event that leads to certain, predictable responses without previous training
What is an unconditioned stimulus?
Causes something to be repeated
What is reinforcement?
engaging in activities to reduce biological needs
What are extrinsic motivation?
allows change in sensation to be noticeable
what is sensory adaptation?
Part of the brain that controls basic life functions
What is the hindbrain?
is a reaction that occurs naturally and automatically when an unconditioned stimulus is presented
What is an unconditioned response?
Causes a behavior to stop
What is a punishment?
What is a drive?
minimum amount a person can detect
What is difference thereshold?
Part of the brain involved in when you wake up and when you fall asleep
What is the Reticular activating system?
Is a learned reaction
What is a conditioned response?
Teaching a new behavior by using steps of already learned responses
What is shaping?
natural or inhered tendencies to make a specific response
What are instincts?
Weakest amount of stimulus require to produce a sensation
Part of the brain involved in connecting new memories to old ones
What is the Hippocampus