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Chapter 6 Unit Test Flashcards

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CS (Controlled Stimulus)

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What is added to uncontrolled stimulus

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CR (Controlled Response)

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Final response; follows controlled stimulus (reaction; often uncontrollable)

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US (Uncontrolled Stimulus)

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First thing that causes a response

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UR (Uncontrolled Response)

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Response to the first stimulus (reaction; often uncontrollable)

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Neutral Stimulus

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Irrelevant until paired with unconditioned stimulus.

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Example of Neutral Stimulus

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When tone is sounded without food irrelevant; but with food(us) it becomes a conditioned stimulus.

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7
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Habituation

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Used to stimulus; natural habitat

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Associative learning

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Pairing stimuli together

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Example of associative learning

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Cold weather paired with a jacket

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Classical conditioning

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Associating two things together.

Does not include rewards/punishments

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Operant Conditioning

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“Operator”; rewards/punishment

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Behaviorism

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Behavior

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13
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Behaviorism was discovered by

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B.F. Skinner

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14
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Acquisition

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Permanent change in behavior.

Learning that is remembered an improved.

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15
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Higher-order conditioning

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Two or more conditioned stimulus’

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Extinction

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Conditioned response disappears

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17
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Example of extinction

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stimulus with out representation of learned response

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spontaneous recovery

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when extincted response is randomly recovered after a long period of time

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Generalization

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Grouping two similar things together.

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20
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Example of generalization

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Afraid of pets because you were attacked by a neighbors dog.

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21
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Discrimination

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Telling a difference between similar things

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22
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Example discrimination

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Telling a difference between a bird and bee even though they both fly.

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23
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Who introduced behaviorism?

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John B. Watson

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24
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Observational Learning

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Watching/ copying another.

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25
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Fear is a

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conditioned response

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26
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Pain is a

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unconditioned response

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27
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shaping is used in ______ conditioning

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operant

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28
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Law of effect:

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Rewarded behavior is likely to recur

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29
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salient

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The amount your brain may process or its importance

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30
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pro-social behavior

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benefits others not your self

31
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antin-social behavior

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harming others for your own benefit

32
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Receiving a parking ticket is a

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positive punishment

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intrinsic motivation

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perform behavior effectively for ones own sake

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positive punishment

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take away behavior

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positive punishment adds

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behavior

36
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Positive punishment example

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spanking, yelling.

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negative punishment

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take away behavior

38
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Negative punishment removes

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behavior

39
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example of negative punishment

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Removing a childs phone

40
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negative reinforcement

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strengthens behavior

41
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negative reinforcement example

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puts on seat belt due to a beep

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positive reinforcement

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strengthens behavior

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positive reinforcement

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adds positive behavior

44
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Positive reinforcement example

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paying someone for their work

45
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mirror neurons are also

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frontal lobe neurons

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positive

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adminsitering

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negative

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taking away

48
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extrinsic motivation

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desire to perform behavior for desired promised rewards or avoid threatened punishment.

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mirror neurons

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they fire when performing certain actions or observing others

50
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modeling

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observing and imitating a specific behavior.

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insight

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sudden realization of the solution to a problem,

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cognitive map

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mental representation of one’s environment

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fixed- ratio

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reinforce behavior after a set number or responses

54
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example of fixed-ratio

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buy 10 coffees get a free 1

55
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variable-ratio

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unpredictable number or responses

56
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variable-ratio example

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gambling

57
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fixed-interval

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every so often; reinforce the first response after a fixed time period

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fixed-interval example

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checking for the mail

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variable-interval

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reinforce the first response after a VARYING time interval

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B.F. Skinner developed

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operant conditioning

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The skinner box

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operant chamber/ used for animal to learn certain associations through operant conditioning.

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primary reinforcers

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basic need/unlearned

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conditioned reinforcers

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gain power through primary/ linked with desire

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conditioned reinforcer example

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association/ linking light with receiving food

65
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Thorndike

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created law of effectJ

66
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Ivan Pavlov discovered

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classical conditioning

67
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Ivan Pavlov also

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first time ever defined learning through the experiment involving dog’s saliva

68
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John Watson

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Proved that fear was a conditioned response

69
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John Watson used

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classical conditioning

70
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Albert bandura

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bobo doll experiment

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Albert bandura significance

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showed influence of modeling through observational learning

72
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John Garcia

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Discovered taste aversion in animals/humans

73
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John Garcia significance

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rats only tasted water once and were continuously ill/ elaborated on classical conditioning

74
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Biofeedback

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is machinery/software used to evaluate and control bodies effects due to behavior

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