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Aristotle’s 3 Laws of Association

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Contiguity, Frequency, Similarity

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Contiguity

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things occur close to each other in space or time tend to get linked together in the mind.

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Frequency

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how frequently paired things are more the stronger the connections between them.

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Similarity

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If two things are similar they tend to evoke the thought of the other.

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William James

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strong proponent of associationism, act of remembering events would involve a network of multiple connections.

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Ivan Pavlov

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discovered classical conditioning.

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Edward Thorndike

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discovered instrumental conditioning.

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Rene Descartes

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firm believer of dualism, mind & body exists as separate entities.

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John Locke

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argued all knowledge is derived from experience. children are blank slates.

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John Watson

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founder of behaviorism. argued psychology should restrict itself to observable behaviors and not what’s in the mind.

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Extinction

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process of reducing learned response to a stimulus by ceasing to pair that stimulus with a reward or punishment.

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Generalization

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individual will transfer what it has learned about one stimulus to similar stimuli.

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Classical Conditioning

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learning through association.

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Instrumental Conditioning

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process by which behavior is modified by reinforcing or inhibiting its effects of consequences.

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Burrhus Frederic Skinner B.F. Skinner

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developed Operant conditioning. argued psychologist should limit themselves to observable behaviors that can be learned through experience.

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Charles Darwin

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developed the theory of natural selection.

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Edward Tolman

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developed neo-behaviorism, argued humans are by nature motivated to learn.

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Charles Sherrington

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concluded simple spinal reflexes are building blocks of all behavior.

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ubiquitous

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being everywhere at the same time.

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Central Nervous System

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responsible for receiving, processing and responding to sensory information.

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Peripheral Nervous System

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controls involuntary bodily functions & regulates glands.

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Neuron

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cell responsible for transmitting information to other cells.

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Dendrite

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receives electrical signals.

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Axon

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transmits electrical signals.

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Frontal Lobe
enables person to act and plan. voluntary movenments.
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Parietal Lobe
touch/sensory perception, taste, hearing, smell.
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Occipital Lobe
vision, memory formation.
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Temporal Lobe
language, sounds.
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Cerebellum
balance & posture.
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Brain Stem
responsible for subconscious functions. (i.e. breathing)
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Basal Ganglia
motor control, action selection.
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Thalamus
info relay system.
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Amygdala
processing center for emotions.
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Hippocampus
long term memory & retrieval.
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MRI
Magnetic Resonance Imaging. reads changes in magnetic fields.
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DTI
Diffusion Tensor Imaging. measures connection between brain regions.
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fMRI
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. shows how different parts of brain are working through blood flow.
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ERP
event related potential.
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EEG
electroencephalography.
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Hebbian Learning
connections between neurons become effective over time.
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HSAM
Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory
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Habituation
becoming less responsive to repeated stimulus over time.
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Sensitization
becoming more attentive to repeated stimulus over time. reaction is amplified.
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RAS
Reticular Activating System
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Dual Process Theory
theory that habituation and sensitization are independent of each other but operate in parallel.
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Novel
new
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Priming
phenomenon where prior exposure to stimulus can improve ability to recognize it again.
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Perceptual Learning
similar to priming in that it leads to effective processing on past encounter with stimuli
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Spatial Learning
acquisition of info about one's surroundings
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What's the sea hare's name?
Aplysia
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Synaptic Depression
a reduction of synaptic transmission
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Receptive Fields
range of the sensory stimuli that causes and particular neuron to fire.
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Unconditioned Stimulus US
cue that has some biological significance that evokes a naturally response.
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Unconditioned Response US
naturally occurring response to US
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Conditioned Stimulus CS
cue paired with US and comes to a evokes a CR
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Conditioned Response CR
trained response to a CS
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Appetitive Conditioning
conditioning where Us is a desirable event.
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Aversive Conditioning
conditioning where US is a disagreeable event.
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Compound Conditioning
condt. where two or more cues are present together, can form compound CS.
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Overshadowing
when a stronger cue within a compound acquires more association with US.
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Latent Inhibition
familiar stimulus takes longer to become CS.
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US Modulation Theory
any theory of condt. an association is determined by a change in how the US is processed.
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CS Modulation Theory
any theory of condt. an association is determined by a change in how the CS is processed.
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Trial Level Model
Theory of learning which all cues that occur during a trial and changes are a single event.
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Delay Conditioning
CS is presented and delays before US is presented. time/temporal gap doesn't exist.
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Trace Conditioning
CS is presented first then US is presented. time/temporal gap exists.
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Interstimulus Conditioning
temporal/time gap between the onset of CS and the onset of US.
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The (numerical value) time gap for Interstimulus Conditioning
0.5 Seconds
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Conditioned Taste Aversion
condition where subjects learns to avoid taste with aversive outcome. Usually Nausea.

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