AP PSYCH UNIT 4.
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Habituation - Answer: decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation.
Who first studied classical conditioning? - Answer: Ivan Pavlov
What is classical conditioning? - Answer: a type of learning in which one learns to link two
or more stimuli and anticipate events (involuntary)
Rewards and punishments are aspects of what - Answer: Operant conditioning
Who is the psychologist associated with discovering operant conditioning? - Answer:
Skinner
Unconditioned stimulus - Answer: A stimulus that evokes an unconditioned response
without previous conditioning
Unconditioned response - Answer: in classical conditioning, an unlearned, naturally
occurring response to an unconditioned stimulus
Conditioned stimulus - Answer: a stimulus that elicits a response only after learning has
taken place
Conditioned response - Answer: a learned response to a previously neutral stimulus
Acqusition - Answer: the initial stage, when one links a neutral stimulus and an
unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus begins triggering the conditioned
response
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Built around real course units and objectives!
Habituation - Answer: decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation.
Who first studied classical conditioning? - Answer: Ivan Pavlov
What is classical conditioning? - Answer: a type of learning in which one learns to link two
or more stimuli and anticipate events (involuntary)
Rewards and punishments are aspects of what - Answer: Operant conditioning
Who is the psychologist associated with discovering operant conditioning? - Answer:
Skinner
Unconditioned stimulus - Answer: A stimulus that evokes an unconditioned response
without previous conditioning
Unconditioned response - Answer: in classical conditioning, an unlearned, naturally
occurring response to an unconditioned stimulus
Conditioned stimulus - Answer: a stimulus that elicits a response only after learning has
taken place
Conditioned response - Answer: a learned response to a previously neutral stimulus
Acqusition - Answer: the initial stage, when one links a neutral stimulus and an
unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus begins triggering the conditioned
response
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