Psyc Of Learning- Klien- Lesson 1 (Chp. 1)

Front 1

Functionalism

Back 1

Early school of psyc-emphasized the instinctive origins and adaptive functions of behavior.

Front 2

Habituation

Back 2

A decrease in responsiveness to a specific stimulus as a result of repeated experience with it.

Front 3

Behavorism

Back 3

School of though-emphasizes the role of experience in determining actions.

Front 4

Sensitization

Back 4

An increased reactivity to all environmental events following exposure to an intense stimulus.

Front 5

Learning

Back 5

An experiential (not experimental)
process resulting in a relatively permanent change in behavior that cannot be explained by temporarystates, maturation, or innate response tendencies.

Front 6

3 components

Back 6

1. Change in potential
- Does not automatically lead to change in behavior...ONLY potential to change.

Front 7

3 components-

Back 7

2. Behavior is relatively permanent
- New experiences can override old ones.

Front 8

3 components

Back 8

3. Other processes important
-biological process (nutrition needs)

Front 9

Conditioned Emotional Response

Back 9

are learned emotional reactions like anxiety or happiness that occur as a response to predictive cues.

Front 10

Suppresion Ratio

Back 10

A measure of the fear produced by a specific conditioned stimulus obtained by dividing the number of operant responses during that CS by the number of responses during the CS and without the CS.