CH 6 psych

Stimulus that elects response after repeatedly being paired with an unconditioned response

Conditioned stimulus

Natural (unlearned) reaction to stimulus

Unconditional Response

reflexive response in organism

Unconditioned Stimulus

2 types of responses

Unconditioned and Conditioned Stimulus

Reinforcement is delivered after an unpredictable number of responses

Variable Ratio

Founder of Behaviorism

WAtson

Classical Conditioning

associating events or stimuli that happen repeatedly together

Operant Conditioning

behavior and consequence

negative punishment

behavior will decrease

associating similar stimuli

stimulus generaliziation

Unconditioned Stimulus

stimulus that elicits automated response

Conditioned Stimulus

the previous neutral stimulus that causes the conditioned response

reinforcers that have innate reinforcing qualities. These kinds of reinforcers are not learned. Water, food, sleep, shelter, sex, and touch, among others, are primary reinforcers. Pleasure is also a primary reinforcer. Organisms do not lose their drive for these things.

primary reinforcers

no inherent value and only has reinforcing qualities when linked with a primary reinforcer

secondary reinforcers

Reinforcement is delivered at predictable time intervals

Fixed Interval

Reinforcement is delivered after a predictable number of responses

Fixed Ratio

Not responding to stimulus anymore

Habituation

Does not naturally elicit response

Neutral Stimulus

learning that occurs but is not observable in behavior until there is a reason to demonstrate it.

Latent learning

When an organism receives a reinforcer each time it displays a behavior, it is called

continuous reinforcer

Positive Reinforcement

Behavior increases

An unconditioned stimulus (such as food) is paired with a neutral stimulus (such as a bell). The neutral stimulus eventually becomes the conditioned stimulus, which brings about the conditioned response (salivation).The stimulus occurs immediately before the response.

Classical conditioning

means you are increasing a behavior

Reinforcement

Two forms of associative learning

Operant and classical conditioning

The target behavior is followed by reinforcement or punishment to either strengthen or weaken it, so that the learner is more likely to exhibit the desired behavior in the future. The stimulus (either reinforcement or punishment) occurs soon after the response.

Operant conditioning

means you are decreasing a behavior

Punishment

Reinforcement is delivered at unpredictable time intervals

Variable Interval

positive punishment

behavior will decrease

Negative Reinformcement

behavior will increase

Unconditioned Response

the automated response