PSYC 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Behavior Modification, Reward System, Robert A. Rescorla
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Description capacity to evoke a response originally evoked by another stimulus. salivate when a tone was presented. Classical conditioning is a type of learning in which a stimulus acquires the. Classical conditioning was pioneered by ivan pavlov, who conditioned dogs to. Classical conditioning mainly regulates involuntary, reflexive responses. Example include emotional responses (such as fears) and physiological responses (such as immunosuppression and sexual arousal). Responses controlled through classical conditioning are said to be . Then a neutral stimulus is paired with the us until it become a unconditioned response (ur). stimulus (cs) that elicits a . Operant conditioning is a type of learning in which responses come to be controlled by their consequences. Operant conditioning was pioneered by b. f. skinner, who showed that rats and pigeons tend to repeat responses that are followed by favorable outcomes. Operant conditioning mainly regulates voluntary, spontaneous responses. Examples include studying, going to work, telling jokes, asking someone out, gambling.
