Vocab
what does conditioning mean?
Learning
Russian Psychologist
Pavlov
A learning procedure in which associations are made between a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus
Classical Conditioning
After stopping the following of the response after the stimulus, the response will eventually fade. This is called what?
Extinction
What ethnicity was pavlov
Russian
A stimulus that does not initially elicit any part of an unconditioned response
Neutral Stimulus
American Psychologist that conducted the little Albert experiment
James B Watson
An organism's automatic or natural reaction to stimulus
Unconditioned response
Relearning of a conditioned response after extinction w/o more pairings
reconditioning
What part of life was little Albert at?
Baby
A person is exposed to the harmless stimulus until fear responses to that stimulus are extinguished
Flooding
The baby used in the classical conditioning experiment by an American Psychologist
Little Albert
An initially neutral stimulus that comes to produce a new response because it is associated with the US.
Conditioned Stimulus
Following extinction, the CR reappears at reduced strength if the CS is presented again after a rest period.
Spontaneous Recovery
What nationality was James B. Watson
American
People are taught relaxation techniques. Then are gradually exposed to the feared stimulus using the relaxation method
Systematic Desensitization
Animal used in Pavlov experiment
Dog
the learned reaction to a conditioned stimulus
Conditioned response
After a CR has been trained to a CS that same CR will tend to occur to similar strength w/o further thinking.
Stimulus Generalization
What is a phobia?
An irrational and internalized fear
A pleasant stimulus is paired repeatedly with a fearful one, counteracting the fear.
Counterconditioning
Experiment done by a American Psychologist names James B. Watson and involved a baby.
Little Albert Experiment
An event that elicits a certain predictable response typically without previous training
Unconditioned Stimulis
Act of responding differently to stimuli that are not similar.
discrimination
The two types of conditioning
classical and operant