Behaviorism Theory
Across
- 2. A thing or event that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue.
- 7. Refers to the gradual weakening of a conditioned response by severing the association between the conditioned and unconditioned stimuli.
- 11. The reappearance of a weakened conditioned response after a period following extinction.
- 12. A type of social influence that aims to change the behavior or perception of others through abusive, deceptive, or underhanded tactics.
- 13. An attempt to foretell what will happen in a particular case, generally on the basis of past instances or accepted principles.
- 16. You are increasing a behavior.
- 18. The belief that all events, including human actions and decisions, are ultimately determined by preexisting causes or conditions.
- 19. You are decreasing a behavior.
- 21. To call or summon up (a memory, feeling, etc), esp from the past.
- 23. They believe human beings are shaped entirely by their external environment.
- 26. An event that is actually lived through, as opposed to one that is imagined or thought about.
- 27. Refers to the way humans act and interact.
- 28. Embraces moods, attitudes, and opinions and is most clearly expressed in interactions with other people.
- 30. A response occurs with increasing regularity in a well-specified and stable environment.
Down
- 1. An element of the environment that naturally triggers an automatic response without prior conditioning.
- 3. The learned reaction to a previously neutral stimulus.
- 4. Actions that require the involvement of many decisions or events performed simultaneously or in succession.
- 5. Relatively permanent changes in behavior, skills, knowledge, or attitudes resulting from identifiable psychological or social experiences.
- 6. Any change in an individual's thoughts, feelings, or behaviors caused by other people.
- 8. The things whatever you can see in another person doing.
- 9. The progressive series of changes in structure, function, and behavior patterns that occur over the lifespan of a human being or other organism.
- 10. An intensely unpleasant emotion in response to perceiving or recognizing a danger or threat.
- 14. Social or economic circumstances that affect exposure to stressors.
- 15. The examination of one's own conscious thoughts and feelings.
- 17. Any procedure for conducting an investigation that relies upon experimentation and systematic observation rather than theoretical speculation.
- 20. Albert Experiment of John Watson that demonstrated that classical conditioning—the association of a particular stimulus or behavior with an unrelated stimulus or behavior—works in human beings.
- 22. Science of observable behavior.
- 24. A behavior that was the result of a stimulus.
- 25. The person who considered the founder of Behaviorism.
- 29. The branch of psychology dedicated to studying how people think.