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PSYC 387 - UNIT 2 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Unconditional Reflexes - ANSWER-- Automatic connections between a stimulus
such as food and a response such as secreting digestive juices.
Conditional Reflexes - ANSWER-- Learned reflexes, as opposed to naturally
occurring ones.
Unconditional Stimulus - ANSWER-- In classical conditioning, a stimulus that
unconditionally, naturally and automatically, triggers a response.
Unconditional Response - ANSWER-- In classical conditioning, an unlearned,
naturally occurring response to an unconditioned stimulus.
Conditioned Stimulus - ANSWER-- In classical conditioning, an originally
irrelevant stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus,
comes to trigger a conditioned response.
Pavlovian - ANSWER-- A type of learning in which a neutral stimulus acquires
the ability to evoke a response that was originally evoked by another stimulus.
Classical Conditioning - ANSWER-- A learning process that occurs when two
stimuli are repeatedly paired.
- A response that is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited
by the first stimulus alone.
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Ivan Pavlov - ANSWER-- 1849-1936.
- Russian physiologist who observed conditioned salivary responses in dogs.
Reflex Response - ANSWER-- Involuntary reaction to a stimulus.
Neutral Stimulus - ANSWER-- In classical conditioning, a stimulus that elicits no
response before conditioning.
Evaluative Conditioning - ANSWER-- The process by which we form an attitude
toward a neutral stimulus because of its association with a positive or negative
person, place, or thing.
Higher-Order Conditioning - ANSWER-- A procedure in which the conditioned
stimulus in one conditioning experience is paired with a new neutral stimulus,
creating a second (often weaker) conditioned stimulus.
- For example, an animal that has learned that a tone predicts food might then
learn that light predicts the tone and begin responding to the light alone. (Also
called second-order conditioning).
- Plays an important role in the emotional meaning of words.
Second-Order Conditioning - ANSWER-- Conditioning where a conditioned
stimulus is paired with a stimulus that became associated with the
unconditioned stimulus in an earlier procedure.
PSYC 387 - UNIT 2 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Unconditional Reflexes - ANSWER-- Automatic connections between a stimulus
such as food and a response such as secreting digestive juices.
Conditional Reflexes - ANSWER-- Learned reflexes, as opposed to naturally
occurring ones.
Unconditional Stimulus - ANSWER-- In classical conditioning, a stimulus that
unconditionally, naturally and automatically, triggers a response.
Unconditional Response - ANSWER-- In classical conditioning, an unlearned,
naturally occurring response to an unconditioned stimulus.
Conditioned Stimulus - ANSWER-- In classical conditioning, an originally
irrelevant stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus,
comes to trigger a conditioned response.
Pavlovian - ANSWER-- A type of learning in which a neutral stimulus acquires
the ability to evoke a response that was originally evoked by another stimulus.
Classical Conditioning - ANSWER-- A learning process that occurs when two
stimuli are repeatedly paired.
- A response that is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited
by the first stimulus alone.
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Ivan Pavlov - ANSWER-- 1849-1936.
- Russian physiologist who observed conditioned salivary responses in dogs.
Reflex Response - ANSWER-- Involuntary reaction to a stimulus.
Neutral Stimulus - ANSWER-- In classical conditioning, a stimulus that elicits no
response before conditioning.
Evaluative Conditioning - ANSWER-- The process by which we form an attitude
toward a neutral stimulus because of its association with a positive or negative
person, place, or thing.
Higher-Order Conditioning - ANSWER-- A procedure in which the conditioned
stimulus in one conditioning experience is paired with a new neutral stimulus,
creating a second (often weaker) conditioned stimulus.
- For example, an animal that has learned that a tone predicts food might then
learn that light predicts the tone and begin responding to the light alone. (Also
called second-order conditioning).
- Plays an important role in the emotional meaning of words.
Second-Order Conditioning - ANSWER-- Conditioning where a conditioned
stimulus is paired with a stimulus that became associated with the
unconditioned stimulus in an earlier procedure.
