Higher nervous activity. Conditioned and unconditioned reflexes

In this topic

• What is higher nervous activity?
• The founders of the doctrine
• Unconditioned reflexes
• Conditioned reflexes and why they matter

Key terms

• Higher nervous activity
• Lower nervous activity
• Unconditioned reflex
• Conditioned reflex
• Instinct
• Unconditioned stimulus
• Conditioned stimulus (signal)
• Reinforcement
• Temporary connection
• Extinction
• First signal system
• Second signal system

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