AP Psychology Learning

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What is "learning"?

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Any relatively permanent change in behavior brought about by experience or practice

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What does a "behaviorist" believe?

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Believed psychology should be the scientific study of observable behavior & all learning occurs through interactions with the environment.

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Who is Ivan Pavlov?

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Ivan Pavlov was a Russian physiologist.

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What is "classical conditioning"?

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Classical conditioning is a type of learning. We learn a response and we learn to anticipate.

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What does "Neutral Stimulus" do?

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A neutral stimulus does not elicit any specific response or reaction.

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What is "unconditional stimulus"?

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A stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any prior learning or conditioning.

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What is ' Unconditioned Response'?

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An automatic and involuntary response to a stimulus that occurs naturally, without any prior conditioning or learning.

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What is "conditioned Stimulus"?

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A conditioned stimulus is a previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, triggers a conditioned response.

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What is a "conditioned response"?

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A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus.

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What is the "acquisition" in psychology?

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The acquisition in psychology refers to the process of gaining knowledge or skills through experience or learning.