A type of learning in which a response is learned after being elicited by a previously neutral stimulus.
What is classical conditioning?
100
Pioneer who studied the kind of learning that involves making certain responses due to the consequences it brings.
Who is Edward Lee Thorndike?
100
When a threat of punishment induces a change to more desirable behavior, it is called this.
What is avoidance training?
100
A relationship in which one event depends on another - Graduating from college depends on passing a certain number of courses
What is a contingency?
100
Learning that depends in mental processes that are not directly observable is known as this.
What is cognitive learning?
200
Unconditional response and conditioned response.
What are the two types of responses?
200
Raising your hand to stop a taxi is an example of this.
What is operant behavior?
200
Any stimulus that follows a behavior and decreases the likelihood that the behavior will be repeated is known as this.
What is punishment?
200
A decrease in the strength or frequency, or stopping, of a learned resonse because of failure to continue paring the US and CS (classical) or withholding of reinforcement (operant)
What is extinction?
200
This is the ability to become increasingly more effective in solving problems as more problems are solved.
What is a learning set?
300
Intense, irrational fears of particular things or situations.
What are phobias?
300
Giving a baby a pacifier every time he/she cries is an example of this.
What is negative reinforcement?
300
Although it has some drawbacks, this, is when operant conditioning is used to control certain biological functions such as blood pressure, skin temperature, etc.
What is biofeedback?
300
Learning to respond to only one stimulus and to inhibit the response to all other stimuli is known as this.
What is stimulus discrimination?
300
Learning by observing other people's behavior is known as observational or this type of learning.