Stimuli & Responses
Classical Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
Observational Learning
Past Units
100

What is a stimulus?

 an event or object in the environment that causes a reaction.

100

This is the most famous experiment regarding classical conditioning. 

Little Albert

100

Learning through operant conditioning is influenced by these 

consequences

100

This starts at a very young age and can also take place unintentionally.

Observational Learning

100
This is the smallest lobe of the brain

occipital

200

What is a conditioned response?

Learned response or a response that was created where no response existed before. 

200

This happens in phase 3 of classical conditioning (after conditioning)

The conditioned stimulus alone will invoke a response even without the unconditioned stimulus. 

The response them becomes the conditioned response.

200

What are the goals of reinforcement vs the goals of punishment?

Reinforcement: increase a behavior

Punishment: decrease a behavior

200

this is the first stage of observational learning

attention

200

this is the act of dissecting something while it's still alive. 

vivisection

300

What is an example of an unconditioned stimulus?

Student examples

300

He conducted the Little Albert experiment

John B. Watson
300

Giving students candy for good work is an example of

Positive Reinforcement

300

this happens in the retention stage of observational learning.

remembering what was viewed.

300

these are the oldest known psychological thinkers. 

Aristotle and Plato

400

The process by which certain kinds of experience make particular actions more or less likely.

Conditioning

400

These two things are paired together in phase one of classical conditioning. 

Unconditioned Stimulus and Unconditioned Response

400

police giving a speeding ticket is an example of 

positive punishment

400

what is a factor that increases the likelihood of a behavior being imitated?

rewards, admiration, lack of confidence, authoritative position, people who share similarities, confusing situation, etc.

400

This man is a famous case study of psychology. He is known for being impaled by a metal rod. 

Phineas Gage

500

This is the idea that learning and behavior can be explained by the interaction between stimuli and the responses they cause.

Social Response Theory

500

He is the father of classical conditioning

Ivan Pavlov

500

Using an umbrella to stay dry is an example of 

negative reinforcement

500

this is something to note about the reproduction stage of observational learning. 

people have different capabilities, and all behaviors may not easily be copied. 

500

This man was used as an example of a psychopath on the first informative slide of this class. 

Jeffrey Dahmer

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