A relatively permanent change in behavior or potential for change in behavior.
What is learning?
100
An innate stereotyped movement of part of the organism that can be reliably elicited by an appropriate stimulus.
What is a reflex?
100
The correct name for S*.
What is a biologically significant stimulus?
100
Came up with the idea of natural selection.
Who is Charles Darwin?
200
The pursuit of pleasure and avoidance of pain.
What is Hedonism?
200
Irrelevant stimuli are filtered out.
What is habituation?
200
Passing along genes that produce favorable characteristics.
What is retention?
200
Said that the environment controls our behavior.
Who is B. F. Skinner?
300
A decreased response to a stimulus after it is presented repeatedly.
What is habituation?
300
Innate behavior in all members of a species that occur in a rigid order.
What is a Fixed Action Pattern?
300
Whatever characteristics are favorable are the ones that are chosen.
What is selection?
300
Said we had a spiritual/godlike component in us that controls our behavior.
Who is Rene Descartes?
400
For every action of the body, there was a stimulus that caused it to happen.
What is reflex action?
400
Reflexive locomotion in which a stimulus elicits a change in movement towards or away from a stimulus.
What is taxis?
400
Differences in reaction to stimuli.
What is variation?
400
Came up with the idea of Hedonism (the pursuit of pleasure and avoidance of pain).
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
500
When a response is followed by satisfaction, the stimulus-response connection is strengthened. When it is followed by discomfort the connection is weakened.
What is the law of effect?
500
Reflexive locomotion in which a stimulus elicits a change in speed or direction of locomotion irrespective of direction.
What is kinesis?
500
This type of conditioning tell us how we develop taste aversion.
What is classical conditioning?
500
Came up with the idea of "tabula rosa," or the blank slate.