Learning and Habituation
A thing or event that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue
Stimuli
Irrational fear of specific stimuli.
Phobia
Principle asserting that if a stimulus followed by a behavior results in a reward, the stimuli is more likely to elicit the behavior in the future.
The Law of Effect
Learning by watching others
Observational Learning
Scientific study of the mind and behavior
Psychology
The process by which we respond less strongly over to repeated stimuli.
Habituation
Difficulty in establishing classical conditioning to a conditioned stimulus we've repeatedly experienced alone .
Latent Inhibition
Outcome or consequence of a behavior that strengthens the probability of the behavior.
Reinforcement
Tendency for animals to return to innate behaviors following repeated reinforcement
Instinctive Drift
This study infected African-American males with syphilis and left them untreated
The Tuskegee Experiment
The 5 Principles of Classical Conditioning
Acquisition, Extinction, Spontaneous Recovery, Stimulus Generalization, Stimulus Discrimination
Learning that is controlled by the consequences of the organism's behavior.
Operant Conditioning
A less frequently performed behavior can be increased by reinforcing it with a more frequent behavior.
The Premack Principle
Individual's preferred or optimal method of acquiring new information.
Learning Styles
General Psychology Course Code
PSY 100
The 2 Parts of the Classical Conditioning Phenomenon (both containing 2 parts)
Conditioned and Unconditioned Stimulus; Conditioned and Unconditioned Response
The feeling of intense displeasure or revulsion in response to an offensive or revolting object, person or behavior.
Disgust Reaction
Learning that is not directly observable.
Latent Learning
Claim that any conditioned stimulus can be associated equally well with and unconditioned stimulus.
Equipotentiality
The city Mrs. Sayles drives from to arrive in Talladega.
Gadsen
The "Father of the Modern Behavior Theory"
Ivan Pavlov
The difference between these two: One is elicited, One is emitted.
Classical Conditioning; Operant Conditioning
Spatial representations.
Cognitive Maps
Cells in the prefrontal cortex that become activated by specific motions when an animal both performs and observes that action(specific motion).
Mirror Neurons
The significance of September 18, 2019
Our First Class Test