Ap Psychology Myers: Chapter 6: Learning

Front 1

habituation

Back 1

when an organism decreasingly responds to a repeated stimulus

e.g. water slug stops its defense against squirts because water naturally squirts him

Front 2

associative learning

Back 2

learning that some events occur together
- events = two stimuli (class. cond.)
- events = response and consequences (oper. cond.)

Front 3

classical conditioning

Back 3

learning by association, in which an organism links two or more stimuli to anticipate events

e.g. bell + food = salivation

Front 4

behaviorism

Back 4

perspective that psychology

1) is an objective science
2) studies behavior and NOT mental processes

today, (1) is agreed on, but not (2).

Front 5

unconditioned response (UR)

Back 5

unlearned, inherent, automatic response to a stimulus (US)

e.g. salivation, natural response to food for digestion

Front 6

unconditioned stimulus (US)

Back 6

any stimulus that naturally triggers a response (UR)

e.g. food, triggers salivation

Front 7

conditioned response (CR)

Back 7

learned response to previously neutral (but now associated and conditioned) stimulus

note: a response is only a CR if the neutral stimulus alone can produce the desired effect (bell = saliv.)

Front 8

conditioned stimulus (CS)

Back 8

originally neutral stimulus that becomes associated with an unconditioned stimulus and can trigger a response (CR) by itself