PSYCHOLOGY 1100 LEARNING EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
Learning
Change in an organisms thoughts or behaviors as a result of experience
How does one learn?
learning is primarily behavioral and doesn't require mental activity/cognition
-learning can occur simply by watching others
-learning can occur entirely outside of our awareness
stimulus
anything that elicits a response
response
behavior that occurs in the presence of a stimulus
conditioning
forming associations between stimuli
classical conditioning
*paring things together
when a neutral stimulus produces a response after being paired with a stimulus that
naturally produces a response
example of classical conditioning
Pavlov's salivating dogs
unconditioned stimulus
something that reliably produces a naturally occurring reaction in an organism
requires no training=unconditioned
unconditioned response
reflexive reaction that is reliably produced by an unconditioned stimulus (doesn't need to
be learned...happens automatically)
pavlov's dogs=drooling
unconditioned stimulus/ response pair
-smell your food..feel hungry
-hear a loud/unexpected noise..jump
-touch something hot...pull had away
-air puff blown in eye..blink
conditioned stimulus
a stimulus that is initially neutral and produces no reliable response in an organism
**comes to elicit a response after being paired with a reflexive unconditioned stimulus
conditioned response
reaction produced by a conditioned stimulus
-in pavlov's dogs the salivation (cr) was a result of the bell(cs) not due to the food (us)
process of conditioning dogs
---before conditioning food(us) makes dog drool (ur) and the bell(ns) elicits no response
---during conditioning pairs food and bell (ns &us)
---after conditioning bell (cs) elicits drooling (cr)
phases of classical conditioning
AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
Learning
Change in an organisms thoughts or behaviors as a result of experience
How does one learn?
learning is primarily behavioral and doesn't require mental activity/cognition
-learning can occur simply by watching others
-learning can occur entirely outside of our awareness
stimulus
anything that elicits a response
response
behavior that occurs in the presence of a stimulus
conditioning
forming associations between stimuli
classical conditioning
*paring things together
when a neutral stimulus produces a response after being paired with a stimulus that
naturally produces a response
example of classical conditioning
Pavlov's salivating dogs
unconditioned stimulus
something that reliably produces a naturally occurring reaction in an organism
requires no training=unconditioned
unconditioned response
reflexive reaction that is reliably produced by an unconditioned stimulus (doesn't need to
be learned...happens automatically)
pavlov's dogs=drooling
unconditioned stimulus/ response pair
-smell your food..feel hungry
-hear a loud/unexpected noise..jump
-touch something hot...pull had away
-air puff blown in eye..blink
conditioned stimulus
a stimulus that is initially neutral and produces no reliable response in an organism
**comes to elicit a response after being paired with a reflexive unconditioned stimulus
conditioned response
reaction produced by a conditioned stimulus
-in pavlov's dogs the salivation (cr) was a result of the bell(cs) not due to the food (us)
process of conditioning dogs
---before conditioning food(us) makes dog drool (ur) and the bell(ns) elicits no response
---during conditioning pairs food and bell (ns &us)
---after conditioning bell (cs) elicits drooling (cr)
phases of classical conditioning
