PSYC 1010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning Chamber, Reinforcement

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

Learning process of acquiring new and enduring information or behaviors. Associative learning learning that certain events occur together. The events may be two stimuli (classical conditioning) or a response and its consequence (operant conditioning) Stimulus any event or situation that evokes a response. Cognitive learning acquisition of mental information, whether by observing events, by watching others, or through language. Classical conditioning learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events. Behaviorism view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most psychologists today agree with agree with (1) Respondent behavior behavior that occurs as an automatic response to stimulus. Neutral stimulus (ns) in classical conditioning, a stimulus that elicits no response before conditioning. Unconditioned response (ur) in classical conditioning, an unlearned, naturally occurring response (such as salivation) to an unconditioned stimulus (us) (such as food to mouth)