EDUC 40 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Classical Conditioning, Contiguity, Behaviorism
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Behaviorism: when learning and behavior are describes and explained in terms of stimulus response relationships. People"s behaviors are largely the result of their experiences with stimuli in their immediate environments: conditioning- speci c environmental events leading to the acquisitions of speci c responses. Learning involves forming associations among stimuli and responses. Learning is most likely to take place when stimuli and responses occur close together in time: contiguity- when two or more events occur at the same time, many species, including human beings learn in similar ways, classical conditioning. Learning a new involuntary response as a result of two stimuli being presents close together in time. Unconditioned stimulus- stimulus that elicits a particular response without prior learning. Unconditioned response- response that is elicited by a particular stimulus without prior learning. Neutral stimulus- stimulus that does not elicit any particular response. Conditioned stimulus- stimulus that begins to elicit a particular response through classical conditioning.
