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Habituation
Habituation is the psychological process in humans and animals in which there is a decrease in psychological response and behavioral response to a stimulus after repeated exposure to that stimulus over a duration of time. TERM 2
Extinction
DEFINITION 2 Extinction in psychology refers to the lowering of the probability of a response when a characteristic reinforcing stimulus is no longer presented. TERM 3
Why study learning?
DEFINITION 3 PREDICT what people will do, which is useful because it is easier to CONTROL them. "Know how things work"> EXPLAIN TERM 4
Learning (Behavioristic and Cognative)
DEFINITION 4 Behavioristic learning- change in behavior as a result of experiences Cognative learning- Acquisition of knowledge as a result of experiences TERM 5
Rene Descartes (1596-1650 KNOW DATE)
DEFINITION 5 One of the first philosophers to study psychology. "mind/body dualism." Divided behaviors between voluntary (mind) and involuntary (body) behaviors.
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)
Presented idea of headonism (humans are self centered, interested in themselves; pursuit of pleasure and avoidance of pain. TERM 7
John Locke (1632-
DEFINITION 7 -Believed we come into world with nothing in our brains. "Tabula rosa"-blank slate. -However, it is easy to associate bad taste and illness (i.e. drinking alcohol) to the point where it can make you sick next time you try it. -But, it is difficult to learn color is associated with illness. Different animals learn some things easier than others (i.e. birds are more attuned to vision, rats are more attuned to smell and taste. -Lock was a British Empiricist TERM 8
British Empiricist
DEFINITION 8 In philosophy, empiricism is a theory of knowledge that asserts that knowledge arises from sense experience. TERM 9
Associationists
DEFINITION 9 Ideology that says all knowlege is gained through connecting/inferring (associating) information. TERM 10
Contiguity (2 types)
DEFINITION 10 Experiencing things together. Two types: Temporal-time; Spacial-physical space.
