PSY 205 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Contract, Conditionality, Edward C. Tolman

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 205
• Professor: Shannon Houck

Document Summary

Classical conditioning- pavlov: cs- conditioned stimulus- (neutral stimulus) bell, ucs-unconditioned stimulus- meat, cr-conditioned response- (reflex in response to conditioned stimulus, ucr-unconditioned response- (innate reflex) salivating(cid:708) . (cid:709: stimulus discrimination(cid:708) (cid:709)- example: after being classically conditioned to answer your phone when your cell phone rings, you know not to respond to other ring tones. Observational learning(cid:708) (cid:709)- when a person does what they see: albert bandura- child sees an adult punching a bobo doll so they punch the doll when given the opportunity, they learn through observing others. Behavior modification(cid:708) (cid:709)- can alter an undesirable behavior; every behavior is maintained by some reinforcement. Palfai"s susie- 4 yr old susie keeps coughing and he tells her that he will give her 1 quarter if she doesn"t cough for one minute, 5 mins=50 cents, all night=, she didn"t cough and then never again.