Vocabulary Terms
Learning that certain events occur together
What is associative learning?
The closer the NS is to the UCS the more effective
What is timing?
John B. Watson and Little Albert experiment the banging noise was considered this
What is unconditioned stimulus?
Carl got hit by a baseball at the park. Carl now is fearful of going to the park. The neutral stimulus is
What is the park?
This psychologist did experiments on little Albert
What is John B. Watson?
Act of responding differently to stimuli that are not similar
What is discrimination?
The NS and the UCS are always the same
What is predictability?
In Pavlov's experiment, the dog salivating from the bell is
Carl got hit by a baseball at the park. Carl now is fearful of going to the park. The pain from the ball is
What is unconditioned stimulus?
Jacob has an irrational fear of clowns. This is called
What is phobia?
A person is exposed to the harmless stimulus until fear responses to that stimulus are extinguished
What is flooding?
The strength of the CS is strong
What is signal strength?
Little Albert did this to Santa Claus and the mouse
What is generalization?
Linda wants to get over her fear of dogs. Linda drives to the animal shelter and gets scared and drives off. She does this every day. Linda after a while, is able to walk up to the door. This is called.
What is systematic desensitization?
The bell and pad method was known to fix this
What is bed wetting?
A pleasant stimulus is paired repeatedly with a fearful one, counteracting the fear
What is counterconditioning?
The amount of attention that is directed at the CS
What is attention?
The response that takes place without training
What is unconditioned response?
Sally got sick after eating spaghetti one night. Sally can no longer eat any pasta without feeling queasy. The name of this is
What is generalization?
The psychologist best known for their work in classical conditioning
What is Ivan Pavlov?
Following extinction, the CR appears at reduced strength if the CS is presented again after a rest period
What is spontaneous recovery?
After conditioning, if the CS is presented over and over without the UCS the CR will become weaker and weaker. This is called
What is extinction?
The response that takes place after training occurs
What is conditioned response?
Susan was bit by a corgi. Susan goes over to her sister's house and expects to be afraid of her German Shephard now. She isn't. Susan is walking down the street and sees a corgi. Susan has a mental breakdown in the street. This is an example of
What is discrimination?
Sarah is given candy every time she goes to Art class. Art is now her favorite class. Art class is the
What is neutral stimulus?