PSYC 1010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Normative Social Influence, Mirror Neuron, Reward System

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

Document Summary

Associative learning- learning that certain events occur together. The events ma y be two stimuli (as in classical conditioning) or a response and its consequenc es (as in operant learning) Cognitive learning- the acquisition of mental information, whether by observing events, by watching others, or through language. Classical conditioning- a type of learning in which one learns to link to or mor e stimuli and anticipate events. Behaviourism- the view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that : studies behaviour without reference to mental processes. Most researchers agr ee with 1 but not 2. Respondent behaviour- behaviour that occurs as an automatic response to some sti muli. Neutral stimuli- in classical conditioning, a stimulus that elicits no response before conditioning. Unconditioned response- in classical conditioning, an unlearned, naturally occur ring response (such as salivation) to an unconditioned stimulus (us) (such as fo od in the mouth)