Unit 6 Flashcards

1
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Behaviorism

A

Psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes

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2
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Learning

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Permanent change in an organisms behavior due to experience

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3
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Habituation

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Decreasing response to a stimulus with repeated exposure to it

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4
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Associative learning

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Learning that certain events occur together

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5
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Counter-conditioning

A

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6
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Acquisition

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First time the CR occurs because of the CS

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7
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Unconditioned response

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Natural physical response

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8
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Unconditioned stimulus

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Unlearned trigger

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9
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Neutral stimulus

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At first, no effect, nut later triggers the response

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10
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Conditioned response

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Learned response

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11
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Conditioned stimulus

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Part that created the new association

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12
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Extinction

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Point at which CR no longer follows the CS

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13
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Spontaneous recovery

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After a period of extinction, a CR suddenly returns

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14
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Generalization

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CR to a range of similar stimuli

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15
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Discrimination

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When a person only responds to a specific CS

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16
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Classical conditioning

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Occurs with an involuntary response to a learned stimulus

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17
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Higher order conditioning

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CS is paired with a new NS which creates a second CS

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18
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Vicarious classical conditioning

A

W

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19
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Law of effect

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More we reinforce a behavior, the more it occurs

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20
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Primary reinforcer

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Reinforcement that you need to survive

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21
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Secondary reinforcer

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Want because it is enjoyable or it is something we like so we are willing to try and get them

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22
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Operant chamber

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A chamber containing a bar or key that an animal can manipulate to obtain food or water

23
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Shaping

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When you train a behavior that is very complex piece by piece

24
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Positive reinforcement

A

Adding something wanted to increase a behavior in the future

25
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Negative reinforcement

A

Taking away something unwanted to inverse a behavior

until

26
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Positive punishment

A

Adding something unwanted to decrease the behavior in the future

27
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Negative punishment

A

Take away something wanted in order to decrease a behavior

28
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Operant conditioning

A

Voluntary behaviors and consequences

29
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Punishment

A

An event that decreases the behavior that it follows

30
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Reinforcement

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Consequence that will increase the chance that behavior will happen in the future

31
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Token economy

A

People can earn a token of some sort for exhibiting a desired behavior and can exchange those for privileges or treats

32
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Behavior modification

A

E

33
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Continuous reinforcement

A

Reinforce a behavior every time

34
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Partial reinforcement

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Reinforcing a response only part of the time; results in slower acquisition of a response

35
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Fixed interval schedule

A

Reinforce after same amount of time

36
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Variable ratio schedule

A

Changing amount of a repeated action

*most effective

37
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Variable interval schedule

A

Changing amount of time that passes between reinforcements

38
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Fixed ratio schedule

A

Reinforcement after same amount of repeated actions

39
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Delayed reinforcer

A

R

40
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Learned helplessness

A

Hopelessness an animal learns when unable to avoid repeated events

41
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Intrinsic motivation

A

Desire to perform a behavior effectively for its own sake

42
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Extrinsic motivation

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Desire to perform a behavior to receive promised rewards or avoid threatened punishments

43
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Observational learning

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Learning by observing others

44
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Modeling

A

Process of observing and imitating a specific behavior

45
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Mirror neurons

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Frontal lobe neurons that fire when performing certain actions or when observing others doing so. Can enable imitation and empathy

46
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Cognitive map

A

Mental representation of the layout in ones environment

47
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Latent learning

A

Hidden learning that is under the surface

48
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B. F. Skinner

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Operant conditioning
Pigeons and rats
Schedules of reinforcement

49
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John Watson

A

Classical conditioning

Baby Al

50
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Ivan Pavlov

A

Classical conditioning

Dogs

51
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Edward Thorndike

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Operant conditioning

Law of effect

52
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Albert Bandura

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Bobo doll

Social/observational learning

53
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Edward Tollman

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Latent learning

Rats in maze

54
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John Garcia

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Classical conditioning

Taste aversions