PSY2012 IRSC EXAM 3 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

PSY2012 IRSC EXAM 3 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS what type of psychologist was john watson? - ANSWERSbehaviorist; founded behaviorism, emphasizing the study of observable behavior and rejecting the study of mental processes. classical conditioning - ANSWERSa form of learning in which a new, unconcious response is formed as a result of two stimuli being presented at the same time. unconditioned stimulus - ANSWERSunconditionally, naturally and automatically triggers a response unconditioned response - ANSWERSa behavior that occurs naturally due to a given stimulus, if the unconditioned stimulus is the smell of food, then the hunger that you get after smelling the food is the unconditioned response neutral stimulus - ANSWERSa stimulus that does not produce an automatic response or elicit any feelings from the individual conditioned stimulus - ANSWERSwhen we learn to react to something because we associate it with something else, jenny was driving home from school and got in a crash on Indianola Street, now everytime she drives past Indianola street her hands begin to sweat and she gets uneasy. conditioned response - ANSWERSa behavior that does not come naturally, but must be learned by the individual. generalization - ANSWERStendency to respond in the same way to different but similar stimuli extinction - ANSWERSthe weakening of a conditioned response in the absence of an unconditioned stimulus