Ch. 5 Review Flashcards

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A type of learning in which a stimulus acquires the capacity to evoke a response originally evoked by another stimulus

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Classical conditioning

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2
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Man behind Classical Conditioning

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Pavlov

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3
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Conditioned dogs to salivate when a bell was presented

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Pavlov

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4
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Mainly regulates involuntary and reflexive responses

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Classical conditioning

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5
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Emotional responses

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Phobias (classically conditioned)

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6
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Physiological response

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Bodily response

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7
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Responses controlled through CC are said to be

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Illicited

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8
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Any event in the environment that automatically causes a response

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UCS

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Naturally recurring response - unlearned

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UCR

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10
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Anything that does not automatically cause a response UCR

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Neutral Stimulus

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11
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Previously NS causes a response

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CS

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12
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Learned response to previously neutral CS

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CR

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13
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When a CS and UCR are paired = CR

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Acquisition

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14
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When a CS is repeatedly presented alone until no longer elicits CR

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Extinction

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15
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The reappearance of an extinguished response after a period of non-exposure to the CS

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Spontaneous recovery

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16
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When a CR is elicited by a new stimulus that resembles the original CS

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Generalization

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17
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When a CR is NOT elicited by a new stimulus that resembles the original CS

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Discrimination

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18
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When a CS functions as if a UCS

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Higher-order conditioning

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19
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A type of learning in which responses come to be controlled by their consequences

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Operant Conditioning

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20
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Man behind Operant conditioning

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Skinner (and Thorndike)

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21
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Showed that rates and pigeons tend to repeat responses that are followed by favorable outcomes

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Skinner

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22
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Responses controlled through OC said to be

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Elicit

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23
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Demonstrations of OC typically occur in a

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Skinner box (operant chamber)

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24
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Animal’s response rate, as monitored by a cumulative recorder - results portrayed in graphs (steeper slope = faster response)

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Key DV (dependent variable)

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25
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When a response gradually increases due to contingent reinforcement

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Acquisition

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26
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The reinforcement of closer and closer approximations to desired response

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Shaping

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27
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When responding gradually stops and slows after reinforcement is terminated

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Extinction

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28
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When organism continues to make response after reinforcement has been terminated

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Resistance to extinction

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29
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When responding increases int eh presence of a stimulus resembles the original discriminative stimulus

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Generalization

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30
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When responding does not increase in presence of a stimulus that resembles the original discriminative stimulus

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Discrimination

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31
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Inherently reinforcing

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Primary reinforcer

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32
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Develop through learning

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Secondary reinforcer

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33
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Behavior therapy used to reduce anxiety responses through counter-conditioning

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Systematic desensitization

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34
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Stay relaxed

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Relaxation training

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35
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Constructing a list of things from least to most fearful

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Fear hierarchy

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36
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Work through the list of fears

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Move through heirarchy

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37
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Rapid/intense exposure to fear response without the possibility of escape

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Flooding

38
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Reconditioning to change response - based on CC

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Counterconditioning

39
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Origins in basic research

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Skinner/Thordike

40
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Increase rate of appropriate responses

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Operant conditioning

41
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Establish positive responses

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Operant conditioning

42
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Decrease rates of inappropriate responses

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Operant conditioning

43
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Addition of pleasurable consequence

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Positive reinforcement

44
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Reinforcement of response by removal of a negative stimulus

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Negative reinforcement

45
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Sex, food, and touch

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Primary reinforcers

46
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Money, toys, chocolate

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Secondary reinforcers

47
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Basic(ish) reinforcers

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Generalized reinforcers

48
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Recognition, prizes, applause

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Social reinforcers

49
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Affect senses

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Sensory reinforcers

50
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People will do a less desirable thing for a more desirable reward

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Premack principle

51
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Every time - faster

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Continuous schedule of reinforcement

52
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Every other time - slower

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Partial or intermittent reinforcement

53
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Buy one get one free - consistent amount

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Fixed ratio

54
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Bonus every two weeks - depends on time

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Fixed interval

55
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Schedule that changes - bonus every 3 cars, then 2 cars
Slot machine
Most addictive

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Variable ratio

56
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Behaving differently in the presence of 1 stimulus vs another

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Stimulus control

57
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Constantly changing the amount - fishing

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Variable interval

58
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Circumstance or action that precedes reinforcement - ability to differentiate between stimuli

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Discriminative stimuli

59
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Delivery of punisher is close in time with an independent variable - walking under ladders

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Superstitious behavior

60
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Reinforcement is closer to a desired response - refining behavior behavior - dishes

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Shaping

61
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Reinforce appropriate responses

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Positive reinforcement

62
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Completely ignore undesirable stimuli

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Extinction

63
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Response -> punishment

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Timeout

64
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Time out

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Responses cost

65
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Opposite of operant conditioning - weaken response

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Punishment

66
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Anxiety - Anger - Hostility - Aggressive behavior

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Side effects of frequent use of punishment

67
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Consistent - delivered swiftly - severe

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Necessary for punishment to be effective

68
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Watch/learn

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High status models

69
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Observing peers

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Similar models

70
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Affects performance - not learning - paid participation -

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Rewarded models

71
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View that clinical depression can result in breaking someone - point that they no longer wish to fight back

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Learned helplessness

72
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The act of people knowing exactly where to place a key and what to do with that key

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Observation

73
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If an observer sees the modeled response lead to a _____ outcome, the observer’s tendency to emit the modeled response will be ____

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Favorable; strengthened

74
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Bandura’s four key processes that are crucial in observational learning

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Attention - reproduction - retention - observation

75
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Most people can not execute a breath-taking windmill dunk after John Halicek perform such a feat. This is an example of

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Reproduction

76
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Carol has an important project due, but the project is on audio tape. Carol must listen to the tape, present the material to the class, and remember everything in a certain amount of time. She will use the method of

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Retention

77
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John watched his mother steal a car and be arrested for the crime. Two weeks later, John steals money from a store. This is an example of

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Attention

78
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Parents may insist on hitting their children because of their children’s aggressive behavior. In this scenario, the parents are acting as

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Models

79
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The types of learning

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Classical conditioning, observational learning, operant conditioning

80
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An English titmouse learning to break into milk bottles by observing the thievery of other titmice is an example of which type of learning?

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Observational learning

81
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Children acquire a diverse array of responses from

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Role models

82
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The principles of learning and conditioning have been applied to

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Education, business, and industry

83
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Research on conditioning generally has demonstrated the importance of _____, but findings regarding the biological constraints on conditioning have shown that _____ is also very important

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Nurture, nature

84
Q

The biological preparedness explanation for conditioned taste aversions illustrates which of your text’s unifying themes?

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Heredity and environment jointly influence behavior

85
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In today’s business world, management often emphasizes positive reinforcement more than in the past. This illustrates

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Psychology evolves in a sociohistorical context

86
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Model of operationing conditioning shows how reinforcement and punishment can mold everything from a child’s bedtime whimpering to an adult’s restaurant preferences

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Skinner

87
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Jointly influence behavior

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Environment; heredity

88
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This model shows how experiences can account for everyday fears and other emotional responses

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Classical conditioning model

89
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“Most human behavior is learned by observation through modeling”

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Bandura

90
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The principles of observational learning have also been used to explain why physical punishment does what to aggressive behavior

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Increases