PSY 120 Exam 2 (100% correct answers)

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 association between two stimuli operant conditioning correct answers when learning occurs through the association of a behavior and a consequence classical conditioning correct answers learning process in which an animal makes a mental connection between a stimulus and some kind of reward or punishment unconditioned stimulus correct answers a stimulus that produces a response without prior learning unconditioned response correct answers an unlearned reaction that is automatically elicited by the unconditioned stimulus conditioned stimulus correct answers a previously neutral stimulus that eventually elicits a conditioned response after being paired with the unconditioned stimulus conditioned response correct answers The learned response to the conditioned stimulus that occurs after conditioned stimulus-unconditioned stimulus pairing. acquisition correct answers the initial learning of the connection between the unconditioned stimulus and the conditioned stimulus when these two stimuli are paired things needed for acquisition correct answers contiguity: CS and US are presented very close together in time contingency: CS must also serve as a reliable indicator that the US in on its way Little Albert Experiment correct answers A study in which a white rat was paired with a loud sudden noise in order to condition a fear response in an infant. generalization correct answers the tendency of a new stimulus that is similar to the original conditioned stimulus to elicit a response that is similar to the conditioned response