Quiz 1

a relatively enduring change in the potential to engage in particular behavior resulting from experience wieht environmental events specifically related to that behavior.

A variable that the experimenter can change

A variable that is the outcome of the experiment

Example: behabiro is lever-pressing, counting each lever press

Problems in the environment that can cause involuntary alteration of the experiment.

2 groups of subjects

the group that receives the training in procedures of interest

the group that is treated identically to the experimental group in all other ways other than the procedure of interest.

Learning happened if the two groups behave differently

Behaviorism: he can rear any child into what ever he wants.

The training process
Introducing stimuli

The post-training test
Testing reactions and behaviors

Physics story example:
You and roommate taking physics you get a B in your hard class and your roommate gets an A in their easy class. The grade does not reflect the knowledge learned.

Experiments with rats are general to human behavior and relative to most other species.

the simplest unit of unconditioned behavior
instinctive
involuntary

collection of reflexes organized together

Stimuli that evokes a response

Exp. Hawk flying and a small animal moves down below
The stickle back mating ritual

Human sign stimuli

Supra-normal sign stimuli

The more helpless the features the more sign stimulus to induce protection.

One stimulus is what?

two stimuli or more are associated together.
show up together

Hapituation falls under what type of stimulus

If your response goes down
Exp. wearing clothes; you do not notice them during the day.

If your response goes up.
Exp. A girl constantly clearing her throat in a quiet library. 1st no one is annoyed, 20th time people are pissed.

Association/Pavlovian/Classical

Pairing two stiumulus associated together
Exp. The Office: Computer sound paired with mint

Instrumental/Operant

to gain a response
Exp. Get all A's in school and get a reward.

the base line that will stay constant after decrease/increase.

not being able to detect after a while

Model Action Pattern - voluntary