Across
- 3. The diminishing of a physiological or emotional response to a frequently repeated stimulus.(2 words)
- 8. An animal psychologist who created the idea of Tropism.(2 words)
- 9. The nerve pathway involved in a reflex action including, at its simplest, a sensory nerve and a motor nerve with a synapse in between.(2 words)
- 11. John Locke’s theory that when born, our brain has no sort of preset rules for processing data, and all rules are formed from sensory experiences.(2 words)
- 12. An English evolutionary biologist who laid the foundation of comparative psychology; the belief that there are similarities between the cognitive processes of humans and other mammals. (2 words)
- 14. A classic Greek philosopher who was the first to propose the idea of the “Blank Slate”.
- 16. The process in which a frequently repeated stimulus increases the physical or emotional response.
- 17. a state of being which determines the amount of effort a living being will exert.
- 21. A theory created by Solomon, which states that emotional reactions to a stimulus are followed by opposite emotional reactions.(3 words)
- 23. a 17th century English philosopher that first coined the term “Blank Slate”.(2 words)
- 24. when a previously-unassociated or new stimulus that has similar characteristics to the previously-associated stimulus elicits a response that is the same or as similar to the previously-associated response.(2 words)
- 26. A theory by Charles Darwin which states that a new species of animal can emerge from another through the continuous changes that occur throughout the process of natural selection.(2 words)
- 27. A catalogue of behavior or actions exhibited by an animal used in ethology. Behaviors are typically mutually exclusive and objective.
- 29. The unconditioned aversion of foods with new, unknown flavors.(2 words)
- 30. The period during development in which a skill or response is most readily acquired.(2 words)
Down
- 1. the sequential occurrence or proximity of stimulus and response, causing their association in the mind.
- 2. The study of a subject in its natural environment. It cannot determine cause and effect relationships.(2 words)
- 4. An English naturalist who first explained the theories of evolution and natural selection, and wrote the book, On the Origin of Species.(2 words)
- 5. The idea of Survival of the Fittest; only the best versions of a species are able to procreate and pass on their genes.(2 words)
- 6. An American psychologist who had a powerful effect on reinforcement theory and behavior analysis, as well as creating the Law of Effect.(2words)
- 7. The idea that things usually behave/move in the simplest, most effective way.(3words)
- 10. A type of learning is which you learn to associate to separate ideas or objects with one another.(2 words)
- 13. A French philosopher who agreed with the “Blank Slate” theory, and came up with his own theory of Dualism. He is famously quoted as saying “I think, therefore I am.”(2 words)
- 15. A new reaction to a novel or significant stimuli.(2 words)
- 18. the process wherein a young animal comes to recognize another animal or object as a parent or object of habitual trust.
- 19. The phenomenon wherein a conditioned response emerges from extinction after a delay.(2words)
- 20. The tendency for humans to project human feelings and emotions onto animals.
- 22. The natural growth process of all living beings.
- 25. A psychologist who cofounded the Ethological Approach with Lorenz with his contributions of Fixed Actions Patterns and Innate Releasing Mechanisms.(2 words)
- 28. The recovery of a response that has previously undergone habituation, usually due to the presentation of a novel, and often strong stimulus.