Neutral stimulus Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Learning Correct Answer The relatively permanent or stable change in behavior as the result of experience E.L. Thorndike Correct Answer This man suggested the law of effect, precursor of operant conditioning. Law of Effect Correct Answer E.L. Thorndike's idea that postulated a cause-and-effect chain of behavior revolving around reinforcement. Any behavior that is followed by reward is likely to be repeated. One followed by unpleasant consequences is likely to be stopped. Kurt Lewin Cor...

classical conditioning - ANSWER learning to make an involuntary (reflex) response to a stimulus other than the original, natural stimulus that normally produces the reflex 1. Conditioned stimulus must come before unconditioned stimulus 2. CS and UCS must be paired closely in time 3. Pairing of NS and UCS must occur several times 4. The stimulus that represents the CS must be distinctive conditioned response - ANSWER learned reflex response to a conditioned stimulus conditioned stimulus...

AQA A-Level Psychology – Approaches Exam Questions and Answers 2024 Origins of Psychology - Answer-Wundt founded first ever psychological lab in Germany in 1879. Aimed to document and describe the nature of human consciousness. Developed *introspection* Introspection - Answer-Involved recording own conscious thoughts. Aim was to break these thoughts down into their constituent parts. Isolating the structure of consciousness in this way is known as *Structuralism* Origins of psychology...

NS FL 5 P/S and CARSIn classical conditioning, an unconditioned stimulus and the subsequent unconditioned response to it are used to turn a neutral stimulus into a conditioned stimulus, which causes a conditioned response. The best-known example is Pavlov's experiment on dogs. Pavlov's unconditioned stimulus was meat and the dogs' unconditioned, or instinctual, response to it was to salivate. Pavlov then introduced a neutral stimulus, which initially caused no response from the dogs. However,...

Gen Psych Test 2 100% Solved Behaviorists believe that human behavior is primarily the result of - Answer-conditioned responses anything in your situation (event) that involves some sort of response - Answer-stimulus the behavior that occurs automatically as a rule of the stimulus (ex. stressed out nervous when you see blue lights) - Answer-response motor or neural reactions - Answer-reflexes triggered by broader events like aging or seasons (ex. migration in butterflies) - Answer- insti...

Unit 1 Terms antecedent A stimulus or event that precedes the target behavior. applied behavior analysis The science in which tactics derived from the principles of behavior are applied to improve socially significant behavior, and experimentation is used to identify the variables responsible for the improvement of behavior. automaticity The modification of behavior by its consequences, irrespective of the person's awareness. aversive stimulus A stimulus change or condition that fu...

BACBOperant Conditioning - correct answer Stimulus Equivalence - correct answer The emergence of accurate responding to un-trained and non-reinforced stimulus-stimulus relations following the reinforcement of response to some stimulus-stimulus relations Stimulus - correct answer Physical events that affect the behavior; may be internal or external; may occur prior to, during, or after behavior (i.e. temporal locus of stimuli Stimulus Class - correct answer A group of antecedent stimuli...

BACB Operant Conditioning - correct answer Stimulus Equivalence - correct answer The emergence of accurate responding to un-trained and non-reinforced stimulus-stimulus relations following the reinforcement of response to some stimulus-stimulus relations Stimulus - correct answer Physical events that affect the behavior; may be internal or external; may occur prior to, during, or after behavior (i.e. temporal locus of stimuli Stimulus Class - correct answer A group of antecedent stimu...

EDF 6225 Exam 2|52 Questions with Verified Answers Chained Schedules - CORRECT ANSWER two or more schedules in the same order, can be for same or different behaviors and conditioned reinforcement for one element is the presentation of the next element. SD is present Multiple Schedules - CORRECT ANSWER Reinforcement occurs in an alternating, usually random sequence and can be identified by the SD. Concurrent Schedules - CORRECT ANSWER Reinforcement occurs when (a) 2 or more contingencies...

Learning correct answers a systematic, relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs through experience orienting response correct answers Habituation correct answers Sensitization correct answers associative learning correct answers Learning that occurs when an organism makes a connection, or an association, between two events. conditioning correct answers the process of learning associations classical conditioning correct answers when learning occurs through the asso...