Term

Pavlovian conditioning

Definition

the type of learning, named after Pavlov, in which one event signals another and enables us to predict what will happen in the environment

Term

Operant (or instrumental) conditioning

Definition

we can choose to respond to environmental events, but our behavior is still modified by its consequences, that is, we are more or less likely to respond because of what we get for responding.

Term

Learning

Definition

A relatively permanent change in behavior as the result of experience ○ Our ability to learn to associate two different events is innate