The process by which a conditioned response gradually stops occurring (for example, eventually I could listen to Brad Paisley again)
What is extinction?
Neurotransmitter released due to positive reinforcement
What is dopamine?
Reaction that does not have to be learned and occurs naturally
What is the Unconditioned Response (UCR)?
The addition of a desirable to increase behavior (example: chocolate after every correct answer in class)
What is positive reinforcement?
Visual cue to which Pavlov's experimental animals also started salivating
What are lab coats?
Animal on which Ivan Pavlov did the experiments that led to the discovery of Classical Conditioning
What is dog?
To add
What is positive?
After the learning, the netural stimulus becomes this
What is the Conditioned Stimulus (CS)?
The addition of an undesirable to decrease a behavior
What is positive punishment?
Food, water, air, shelter...things necessary for survival
What are primary reinforcers?
Prior to the learning, this has no effect on the organism
What is a Neutral Stimulus?
Goal is to increase behavior
What is reinforcement?
Process by which different stimuli receive different responses
What is discrimination?
The removal of a desirable stimulus to decrease behavior (example: taking away an iPad when a student isn't paying attention in class)
What is negative punishment?
Post-breakup: even though "Then" by Brad Paisley was the song that made me cry in Walmart, pretty much any Brad Paisley song would upset me. This is an example of...
What is generalization?
Ivan Pavlov's country of origin
What is Russia?
To remove
What is negative?
Stimulus that occurs naturally and requires no learning to bring about a response
What is the Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)?
True or false: All reinforcement and punishment work equally on all creatures.
What is FALSE?
Money, attention, approval...value must be taught
What are secondary reinforcers?
One trial learning courtesy of the lizard brain that helps prevent you from being poisoned/eating something toxic (our class example was gas station sushi)
What is taste aversion?
Goal is to decrease behavior
What is punishment?
Spontaneous or random reoccurance of the conditioned response
What is Spontaneous Recovery?
The removal of an undesirable stimulus in order to increase behavior (example: smoking a cigarette to relieve anxiety)
What is negative reinforcement?
The statistically most effective of the four Operant Conditioning types
What is positive reinforcement?