3/13/18 Flashcards

1
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Something that produces a response

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Stimulus

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2
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Learning

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Conditioning

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3
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Classical Conditioning

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Learning in which 1 stimulus calls forth another stimulus

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4
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Stimulus that causes an automatic response

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Unconditioned stimulus

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5
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An automatic response

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Unconditioned Response

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6
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A learned response to a stimulus that was previously neutral

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Conditioned Response

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7
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A learned stimulus

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Conditioned stimulus

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8
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Established the concept of Classical Conditioning

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Ivan Pavolov

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9
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A learned avoidance of food

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Taste aversion

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10
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When a conditioned stimulus is no longer followed by an unconditioned stimulus, it will eventually lose its ability to bring a conditioned response

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Extinction

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11
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Revival of an extinguished response

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Spontaneous recovery

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12
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Act of responding the same way to stimuli that seem similar

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Generalization

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13
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Act of responding differently to stimuli that are not similar

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Discrimination

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14
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Exposing a person to a harmless stimulus until they are no longer afraid of it

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Flooding

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15
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Method involves relaxation and gradual exposure to feared stimulus

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Systematic Desensitation

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16
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Method of overcoming fears by pairing a pleasing stimulus with a feared one

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Counter Conditioning

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17
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Training a child not to wet the bed with the ringing of a bell

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Bell-and-pad method

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18
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Example of classical Conditioning

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Little Albert

19
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Learning in which organisms learn from the effects or consequences of their actions

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Operant Conditioning

20
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Difference between operant and classical conditioning

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Classical Conditioning: involuntary responses

Operant Conditioning: Voluntary Responses

21
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What did project pigeon establish? Who did it?

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Principle of Operant Conditioning; B.F. Skinner

22
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The process by which a stimulus increases the chances that the preceding behavior will occur again

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Reinforcement

23
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The stimulus that encourages a behavior to occur again

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Reinforcers

24
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Reinforcers that function due to biological makeup- food, water, warmth

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Primary reinforcers

25
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Value must be learned; examples= money, attention, and social improval

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Secondary reinforcers

26
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Increases the frequency of behavior they follow when they are applied

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Positive reinforcement ex- food, fun, activities, and social improval

27
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Increases the frequency of the behavior they follow when they are removed

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Negative reinforcers (moving out of shade)

28
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More subjective that positive reinforcers

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Rewards

29
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Unwanted events that decrease the frequency of the behavior they follow

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Punishments

30
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T or F- Psychologists believe that in most cases punishment is not the ideal way to deal with a problem

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True

31
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Discourage a behavior when applied

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Punishment

32
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When and how often the reinforcement occurs

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Schedule of reinforcement

33
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The reinforcement of a behavior every time it occurs

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Continuous reinforcement

34
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A behavior is not reinforced every time it occurs

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Partial reinforcement

35
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Extinction in operant Conditioning =

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The extinction of a learned response results from repeated performance of the response without reinforcement

36
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A way if teaching complex behaviors in which one first reinforces small steps in the right directions

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Shaping

37
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Cognitive psychologists see learning as _____ not _______.

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  1. Purposeful

2. Mechanical

38
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Learning that remains hidden until it is needed

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Latent Learning

39
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Psychologist that proved that rats will learn about their environment even in the absence of reinforcement

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E.C Tolman

40
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“Cognitive Map”= Mental Picture

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Latent Learning/ E.C. Tolman

41
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Psychologist that proved that we squire knowledge and skills by observing and intimidating others

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Albert Bandura- Observational Learning

42
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Children learn most things from observing their _____.

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Parents

43
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Media violence supplies MODELS of _________.

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Aggressive “skills+scripts”

44
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Learning from Media- Tv violence can lead to _____.

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Emotional desensitization