Psychology 100 Exam 2 Questions & Answers Solved 100% Learning - Answer Relatively permenant change in an organism behavior due to experience.
- Types of Learning - Answer 1. Classical (Pavlovian) Conditioning
- Operant (Instrumental) Conditioning
- Observational (Social) Leaning
Ivan Pavlov - Answer 1.First to describe classical conditioning.
2.Russian Physiologist 3.Interested in saliva's role in digestion 4.Ran experiments with dogs 5.Won a nobel prize in 1904 Unconditioned Stimulus - Answer Stimulus that elicits a particular response (reflexive, involuntary reactions) without the necessity of learning.Unconditioned Response - Answer Involuntary, automatic response that occurs to a stimulus without the necessity of learning Conditioned Stimulus - Answer Stimulus that does not elicit a particular response initially but comes to do so as a result of becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus.Conditioned Response - Answer Response that comes to be made to the conditioned stimulus as a result of classical conditioning.Classical Conditioning (Pavlovian) - Answer The process in which an organism learns to associate stimuli, and thus anticipate events. Simple, occurs across species. 1 / 2
Aquisition - Answer Conditioned Stimulus is paired with an unconditioned stimulus, Conditioned stimulus begins to elicit the Conditioned response Extinction - Answer Unconditioned stimulus no longer follows the conditioned stimulus, conditioned response eventually disappears.
- Major Conditioning Processes - Answer 1.Aquisition
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2.Extinction 3.Spontaneous Recovery 4.Generalization 5.Discrimination Spontaneous Recovery - Answer If the conditioned stimulus is presented again to the subject after a period of rest, the conditioned response reappears.Generalization - Answer The tendency to respond to stimuli resembling the conditioned stimulus.Discrimination - Answer Responding occurs in the presence of one stimulus, but not in the presence of another.Edward Thorndike - Answer Ran Experiments with cats in puzzle boxes, First studied operant conditioning. Proposed Law of Effect.Law of Effect - Answer If a response in a presence of a stimulus is followed by a satisfying event, the association between the stimulus and the response will be strenghened. if the response is followed by an annoying event, the association will be weakened.B.F. Skinner - Answer Studied operant conditioning with rats. Devised Skinner's Box.