Psy Learning & Mem Quiz 1

Front 1

Appetitive conditioning

Back 1

Unconditioned stimulus is food which is +Aversive

Front 2

Aversive conditioning

Back 2

Unconditioned stimulus is a negative event. (Shock to the eye) I blinking conditioning

Front 3

Eyeblink conditioning

Back 3

Unconditioned stimulus is a puff to the eye and the conditioned and unconditioned responses are eyeblinks

Front 4

Appetitive conditioning

Back 4

Unconditioned stimulus is food which is +Aversive

Front 5

Unconditioned stimulus ->

Back 5

Unconditioned response

Front 6

Condition stimulus ->

Back 6

Condition response

Front 7

Homeostasis

Back 7

Tendency of the body to gravitate towards a state of equilibrium or balance

Front 8

Extinction

Back 8

The process of reducing a learned response to a stimulus by ceasing to pair that stimulus with a reward or punishment

Front 9

Compound conditioning

Back 9

This simultaneous conditioning of two clues usually presented at the same time

Front 10

Overshadowing

Back 10

Occurring when a more important cue within a compound acquires far more of the share of attention/ learning of the less salient cue.

Front 11

Nativist v Empiricist

Back 11

Nativist : humans shaped by their inherited nature.

Empiricist : humans shaped by their experience (nurture)

Front 12

Nativist v Empiricist

Back 12

Nativist : humans shaped by their inherited nature.

Empiricist : humans shaped by their experience (nurture)

Front 13

Nativists

Back 13

Plato : proposed that we were born with innate differences in skills and talent.

Descartes : proposed that most of our knowledge is innate not from experience.

Front 14

Nativist v Empiricist

Back 14

Nativist : humans shaped by their inherited nature.

Empiricist : humans shaped by their experience (nurture)

Front 15

Nativists

Back 15

Plato : proposed that we were born with innate differences in skills and talent.

Descartes : proposed that most of our knowledge is innate not from experience.

Front 16

Empiricists

Back 16

Aristotle : proposed that knowledge and talent are matters of training and not experience.

Locke : we are born as blank slates (tabula rasa). Equal and without innate knowledge.

Front 17

Nativist v Empiricist

Back 17

Nativist : humans shaped by their inherited nature.

Empiricist : humans shaped by their experience (nurture)

Front 18

Nativists

Back 18

Plato : proposed that we were born with innate differences in skills and talent.

Descartes : proposed that most of our knowledge is innate not from experience.

Front 19

Empiricists

Back 19

Aristotle : proposed that knowledge and talent are matters of training and not experience.

Locke : we are born as blank slates (tabula rasa). Equal and without innate knowledge.

Front 20

Rules of association

Back 20

Contiguity: experiences near each other in space and time.

Frequency : experiences often repeated are connected more strongly.

Similarity : experiences similar to one another are connected

Front 21

Nativist v Empiricist

Back 21

Nativist : humans shaped by their inherited nature.

Empiricist : humans shaped by their experience (nurture)

Front 22

Nativists

Back 22

Plato : proposed that we were born with natural differences in skills and talent.

Descartes : proposed that most of our knowledge is natural not from experience.

Front 23

Empiricists

Back 23

Aristotle : proposed that knowledge and talent are matters of training and not experience.

Locke : we are born as blank slates (tabula rasa). Equal and without natural knowledge.

Front 24

Rules of association (3)

By who?

Back 24

By: Aristotle

Contiguity: experiences near each other in space and time.

Frequency : experiences often repeated are connected more strongly.

Similarity : experiences similar to one another are connected

Front 25

Reflexes

Back 25

Specific automatic responses to the triggering stimuli

Front 26

Fear

Back 26

Comes from the Autonomic nervous system

Front 27

Fear

Back 27

Comes from the Autonomic nervous system

Front 28

Condition emotional responses

Back 28

Triggered by a condition stimulus that has been paired with an emotion evoking unconditional stimulus

Front 29

Taste aversion learning

Back 29

Condition stimulus paired with a toxic substance on the condition stimulus that causes nausea.

Front 30

Taste aversion learning

Back 30

Condition stimulus paired with a toxic substance on the condition stimulus that causes nausea.

Front 31

Order conditioning

Back 31

Adversive conditioning

Front 32

Temporal contiguity

Back 32

CS and US occur close together in time

Front 33

Temporal contiguity

Back 33

CS and US occur close together in time

Front 34

Contingency

Back 34

Dependence of one event upon the occurrence of another

Front 35

Compound conditioning

Back 35

Simultaneously presenting two stimuli