EDUC 701 BEHAVIORISM TEST TEST PAPER
2026 STUDY GUIDE REVIEW
◉ learning. Answer: A relatively permanent change in an organism's
behavior due to experience (classical conditioning, operant
conditioning & social (observational) leaning)
◉ associative learning. Answer: Learning that certain events occur
together. The events may be two stimuli (as in classical
conditioning) or a response and its consequences (as in operant
conditioning.
◉ respondent behavior. Answer: Behavior that occurs as an
automatic response to some stimulus. (stimulus - response)
◉ operant behavior. Answer: behavior that operates on the
environment, producing consequences (reward & punishment)
◉ classical conditioning (Pavlov). Answer: A type of learning in
which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events.
◉ unconditioned response (UR). Answer: In classical conditioning,
the unlearned, naturally occurring response to the unconditioned
stimulus (US), such as salivation when food is in the mouth.
, ◉ unconditioned stimulus (US). Answer: In classical conditioning, a
stimulus that unconditionally - naturally and automatically - triggers
a response.
◉ neutral stimuli (NS). Answer: in classical conditioning, a stimulus
that elicits no response before conditioning
◉ conditioned response (CR). Answer: In classical conditioning, the
learned response to a previously neutral (but now conditioned)
stimulus (CS).
◉ conditioned stimulus (CS). Answer: In classical conditioning, an
originally irrelevant stimulus that, after association with an
unconditioned stimulus (US), comes to trigger a conditioned
response.
◉ higher-order conditioning. Answer: A procedure in which the
conditioned stimulus in one conditioning experience is paired with a
new neutral stimulus, creating a second (often weaker) conditioned
stimulus. (For example, an animal that has learned that a tone
predicts food might then learn that a light predicts the tone and
begin responding to the light alone.
2026 STUDY GUIDE REVIEW
◉ learning. Answer: A relatively permanent change in an organism's
behavior due to experience (classical conditioning, operant
conditioning & social (observational) leaning)
◉ associative learning. Answer: Learning that certain events occur
together. The events may be two stimuli (as in classical
conditioning) or a response and its consequences (as in operant
conditioning.
◉ respondent behavior. Answer: Behavior that occurs as an
automatic response to some stimulus. (stimulus - response)
◉ operant behavior. Answer: behavior that operates on the
environment, producing consequences (reward & punishment)
◉ classical conditioning (Pavlov). Answer: A type of learning in
which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events.
◉ unconditioned response (UR). Answer: In classical conditioning,
the unlearned, naturally occurring response to the unconditioned
stimulus (US), such as salivation when food is in the mouth.
, ◉ unconditioned stimulus (US). Answer: In classical conditioning, a
stimulus that unconditionally - naturally and automatically - triggers
a response.
◉ neutral stimuli (NS). Answer: in classical conditioning, a stimulus
that elicits no response before conditioning
◉ conditioned response (CR). Answer: In classical conditioning, the
learned response to a previously neutral (but now conditioned)
stimulus (CS).
◉ conditioned stimulus (CS). Answer: In classical conditioning, an
originally irrelevant stimulus that, after association with an
unconditioned stimulus (US), comes to trigger a conditioned
response.
◉ higher-order conditioning. Answer: A procedure in which the
conditioned stimulus in one conditioning experience is paired with a
new neutral stimulus, creating a second (often weaker) conditioned
stimulus. (For example, an animal that has learned that a tone
predicts food might then learn that a light predicts the tone and
begin responding to the light alone.
