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AB541UNIT6
WEEK3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| explanatory fiction | explain and contributes nothing to a functional account or understanding of the phenomenon, such as intelligence or cognitive awaremess |
| Classical Conditioning | Process of pairing neutral stimulus with unconditioned stimulus and concerns visceral responses (reflexes) |
| Operant Conditioning | Process of learning to associate behavior with a consequence using reinforcement and punishment and also concerns voluntary behavior |
| hypothetical construct | a presumed but unobserved process or entity (i.e. Freud's id, ego and superego) |
| experiment | a carefully controlled comparison of the of some measure of the phenomena of interest (the dependent variable) under two or more different conditions (independent variable) differs from one condition to another |
| Operant Behavior | influenced by stimulus changes that have followed behavior in the past or det. by history of conseq. S-R-S or three-term contingency, learned behavior |
| Conditioned Stimulus | formerly neutral stimulus change that elicits respondent beh. only after it has been paired with an US or another CS |
| Conditoned Response | learned response from the prior history of interaction |
| Unconditioned Response | response not learned brought on by antecedents that elicit the response ie: salivation |