Psychology Chapter 8

2. Observing and imitating ones behaviour
6. an event that decreases the behaviour that it follows
7. occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it
8. associated a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus
9. learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and other stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus
10. Studies behaviours without reference to mental processes
11. thorndikes principle behaviour followed by favourable consequences become more likely, behaviours followed by unfavourable consequences
14. Ivan Pavlovs experiment is called
16. the learned response to a previously neutral conditioned stimulus
18. The events maybe 2 stimuli or a response and its consequences
19. a schedule of reinforcement that reinforce a response only after a specific time

1. a stimulus that unconditionally, naturally and automatically triggers a response
3. learning by observing
4. to perform a behaviour due to promised rewards
5. to perform a behaviour for its own sake of being effective
12. any event that strengthens the behaviour it follows up
13. irrelevant stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus
14. mental representation of the layout
15. a chamber containing a bar or key
17. a procedure in which reinforcers guide behaviour towards each other closer and closer