Social Psychology Questions

an event that tends to decrease the behavior that it follows

the desire to perform a behavior effectively and for its own sake

predispose organisms to learn associations that are naturally adaptive

a learned response to eating food that is toxic, spoiled, or poisoned

remove unpleasant stimulus to increase behavior

behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely, and behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences become less likely

the process of observing and imitating a specific behavior

organisms develop an expectation that CS signals the arrival of US

behaving in ways that gain external rewards or avoid punishment

add pleasant stimulus to increase behavior

the learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and similar stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus

learning associations between events we do not control

natural predispositions constrain what stimuli and responses can easily be associated

the initial stage, when one links a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus begins triggering the conditioned response

acquiring new mental information through observing situations, observing people, or through language

the tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli like the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses

the reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response

the process of acquiring new information through experiences and observations

a biological predisposition to learn associations, such as between taste and nausea, that have survival value

any event or situation that evokes a response