Classical Conditioning
Behaviorist definition of learning
Monday 10/14
Repeated presentation of the CS in the absence of the UCS
Extinction trials (10/14)
The most influential psychologist for this method of conditioning
B.F. Skinner (10/18)
When the consequence of a behavior leads to a decreased probability that the organism will repeat the behavior
Punishment (10/18)
Presenting the UCS and the NS at exactly the same time
Simultaneous conditioning (10/16)
Unconditioned stimulus
Something you were born knowing how to respond to
The sudden reappearance of an extinguished response
Spontaneous recovery (10/14)
The belief that psychology should never focus on mental events
Radical behaviorism (10/18)
Something is added to the environment as a consequence of behavior that makes it less likely to occur again
Positive punishment (10/18)
Presenting the NS first, removing it, then presenting the UCS
Trace conditioning (10/16)
Neutral stimulus
Something we are not born with a reflexive response to (10/14)
When you're conditioned to respond to a stimuli, you will respond to all similar stimuli as well
Stimulus generalization (10/14)
When the consequence of a behavior leads to an increased probability that the organism will repeat the behavior
Reinforcement (10/18)
Something is removed to the environment as a consequence of behavior that makes it less likely to occur again
Negative punishment (10/18)
First order conditioning
When an NS is paired with a UCS (10/16)
What a neutral stimulus becomes when paired with an unconditioned stimulus
Conditioned stimulus (10/14)
The poorest possible way to pair an NS with a UCS
Backward conditioning (10/16)
When something is added to the environment as a consequence of behavior and it leads to an increased probability that the behavior will be repeated
Positive reinforcement (10/18)
Primary reinforcer
Things needed for survival (food, water, etc) (10/18)
Higher order conditioning
When an NS is paired with a conditioned stimulus (10/16)
A physiologist who discovered classical conditioning by accident
Ivan Pavlov (10/14)
The best way to pair an NS with a UCS
Delayed conditioning (10/16)
When something is removed from the environment as a consequence of behavior that makes the behavior more likely to occur again
Negative reinforcement (10/18)
Secondary reinforcer
Things in the environment with no inherent survival value, but are associated with primary reinforcers (money, grades, tokens in a token economy) (10/18)
When trying to alter behavior, Skinner advocated for _____, not _____
Reinforcement, not punishment