Environmental Stimulus in AP Psychology

Definition

An environmental stimulus refers to any object or event in the external environment that can be detected by our senses and elicit a response from an organism.

Related terms

Stimulus Response: It refers to a behavioral reaction or response triggered by an environmental stimulus.

Classical Conditioning:

This is a type of learning where an organism learns to associate two stimuli together, resulting in a learned response to one of them.

Operant Conditioning:

It involves learning through consequences, where behavior is strengthened or weakened by its consequences.