PSYCH 110 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning, Habituation
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Nonassociative - response to a stimulus changes in the absence of any appare associated stimulus or event. Habituation - decline in responding due to repeated presentation of a stimulus (getting used to the chatter of a coffee shop) Sensitization - increase in responding due to repeated presentation of stimulus (receiving a painful stimulus may make you more responsive t loud noise) Associative - linking two stimuli, or events, that occur together. Classical conditioning - stimulus provokes a response (smell of mom"s perfume makes you smile) Rescorla-wagner model: strength of association is correlated to h unexpected the us (food) is. Operant conditioning - an action"s consequence determines its likeliho being repeated. Negative: removal (nagging stops if you clean your room) Punishment: decrease likelihood a behavior will occur pparent f a of a sive to a. Fixed ratio: reinforcement for certain number of responses. Variable ratio: reinforcement for varied number of response.