Classical Conditioning
discovered classical conditioning by observing and manipulating dogs' drool
Who was Ivan Pavlov?
Coined the phrase operant conditioning based on his observations of pigeons
Who is BF Skinner?
Imitating observed behavior
What is modeling?
Baby who was classically conditioned to fear items he previously had not
Who was Little Albert?
A relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience
What is learning?
Pairing a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus
What is the creation of a conditioned stimulus?
Behavior that is rewarded will likely be duplicated; behavior that is punished will likely not
What is the Law of Effect?
Children beat up a toy after seeing adults do the same
What was the BoBo doll experiment?
Devised the BoBo doll experiment
Who was Albert Bandura?
An organism's decreasing response to a stimulus with repeated exposure to it
What is habituation?
Failing to reward the drooling dog with food after a time resulted in this phenomenon.
What is extinction?
Voluntary behavior based on consequences
What is operant conditioning?
To be the mechanism by which the brain accomplishes observational learning
What is one of the principal functions of mirror neurons?
Studied Learned Helplessness
Who was Martin Seligman?
Learning that certain events occur together
What is associative learning?
An involuntary, reflexive response to stimuli
What is classical conditioning?
Getting a paycheck every other Friday
What is Fixed Interval reinforcement?
Behavior that is positive, constructive, or helpful
What is pro-social behavior?
Coined the phrase Law of Effect
Who was Edwin Thorndike?
the reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response
What is spontaneous recovery?
Different stimuli triggers the conditioned response.
What is generalization?
Behavior that results in a negative stimulus taken away
What is negative reinforcement?
A modern, powerful source of observational learning, often promoting violence and violent behaviors being rewarded
What is television?
Famous Russian physiologist
Who was Ivan Pavlov?
a desire to perform a behavior effectively for its own sake
What is intrinsic behavior?