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Learning

_________– Stimuli that occur close together in time will come to elicit the same response

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Classical conditioning

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_________

Classical conditioning– Stimuli that occur close together in time will come to elicit the same response

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Learning

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Learning

Classical conditioning– Stimuli that occur close together in time will come to elicit the same _________

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response

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_________ – Behaviors followed by pleasant outcomes are more likely to be repeated;

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Operant conditioning

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Operant conditioning – Behaviors followed by pleasant outcomes are _________ likely to be repeated;

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more

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_________-behaviors followed by unpleasant outcomes are less likely to be repeated

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Operant conditioning –

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Operant conditioning – behaviors followed by unpleasant outcomes are _________ likely to be repeated

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less

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-Behaviorism-

_________ - All knowledge comes from our experience (senses)

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Empiricism

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-Behaviorism-

_________- We can’t know unless were knowing through our senses

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Empiricism

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Empiricism

– Experience is the direct product of _________

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reality

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-Behaviorism-

Empiricism - All knowledge comes from our experience (_________)

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senses

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– Implies that at birth the mind is essentially empty

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Empiricism

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Empiricism – Implies that at birth the mind is essentially _________

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empty

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Empiricism – Implies that at birth the mind is essentially empty
• _________ : tabula rasa, or blank slate

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John Locke

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Empiricism – Implies that at birth the mind is essentially empty
• John Locke: tabula rasa, or _________

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blank slate

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_________ -

Associationism
– Many things are associated because one causes
the other (classical conditioning)

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Behaviorism

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-Behaviorism-

_________
– Many things are associated because one causes
the other (classical conditioning)

A

Associationism

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-Behaviorism-

Associationism
– Many things are associated because one causes
the other (_________ )

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classical conditioning

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_________ -Any two things can become mentally linked because they are repeatedly experienced in time together

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Associationism

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Associationism - Any two things can become mentally linked because they are _________ experienced in time _________

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  • repeatedly

- together

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_________- maximize pleasure while minimizing pain

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Hedonism

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-WHO-

behaviorism

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John Watson

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behaviorism was used by John Watson, a proponent of _________ conditioning,

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classical

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behaviorism was used by B.F. Skinner, a leader in research about _________ conditioning

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operant

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Watson and Skinner both believed the _________ life was much less important than _________ as a foundation for psychological science.

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  • mental

- behavior

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_________- your environment determines whats going to happen

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Determinism

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_________- that which we can not see we can not study

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Mentalism

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Mentalism - that which we can not _________ we can not _________

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  • see

- study

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_________ the process of acquiring new and relatively enduring information or behaviors

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Learning

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_________ changing behavior choices in response to consequences

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Operant conditioning

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Operant conditioning - changing behavior choices in response to _________

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consequences

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_________ - When you do something because you get rewarded for it

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Operant conditioning

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_________- learning to link two stimuli in a way that helps us anticipate an event to which we have a reaction

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Classical conditioning

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Classical conditioning - learning to link two stimuli in a way that helps us anticipate an _________ to which we have a _________

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  • event

- reaction

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_________- pairing of two stimuli such that one stimuli can illicit the response of the other

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Classical conditioning

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Skinner was a proponate of _________

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determinism

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_________ - Everyone has their own unique personality because they have had their own set of Classical and operant conditioning through their lives

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Skinner

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Skinner - Everyone has their own unique _________ because they have had their own set of Classical and operant conditioning through their _________

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  • personality

- lives

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Through _________, the occurrence of behavior is made more or less probable

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operant conditioning

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_________- study of the ways in which behavior is acquired, maintained, or modified by its reinforcing or punishing consequences

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Operant analysis

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Operant analysis: study of the ways in which behavior is acquired, _________, or modified by its reinforcing or punishing _________

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  • maintained

- consequences

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_________ - Skinners way of analyzing personality

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Operant analysis

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_________ : The procedure of presenting a stimulus following a response to increase how often the response occurs in the future.

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Positive reinforcement

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Positive reinforcement: The procedure of presenting a stimulus following a response to _________ how often the response occurs in the future.

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increase

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_________ : Taking something (aversive) away to increase the likelihood that a behavior will happen again.

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Negative reinforcement

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Negative reinforcement: Taking something (_________) away to _________ the likelihood that a behavior will happen again.

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  • aversive

- increase

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Negative reinforcement: Taking something (aversive) away to increase the likelihood that a _________ will happen again.

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behavior

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_________ : The procedure of presenting a stimulus when a behavior occurs to decrease the likelihood .

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Punishment (positive)

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Punishment (positive): The procedure of presenting a stimulus when a behavior occurs to _________ the likelihood .

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decrease

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_________ - Adding something aversive to decrease the likelihood of the behavior happening again.

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Punishment (positive)

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_________ : Taking something (desirable) away to decrease the likelihood that a behavior will happen in the future.

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Negative Punishment

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Negative Punishment: Taking something (desirable) away to _________ the likelihood that a behavior will happen in the future.

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decrease

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-Operant Conditioning-

_________ : relationship between a behavior and its consequences

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Contingency

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_________ -

Contingency: relationship between a behavior and its _________

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  • Operant Conditioning

- consequences

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-Operant Conditioning-

_________ :
• The events that precede the behavior
• The behavior itself
• The consequences that follow the behavior

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Three-term contingency

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-Operant Conditioning-

Three-term contingency:
• The events that precede the behavior
• The _________ itself
• The _________ that follow the behavior

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  • behavior

- consequences

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-Operant Conditioning-

Three-term contingency:

_________ - The events that precede the behavior

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ANTECEDENTS

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-Operant Conditioning-

Three-term contingency:

_________ - The consequences that follow the behavior

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Learning opportunity

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ABC’s of Behavior-

_________- Establishing operations for behaviors.

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ANTECEDENTS

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ABC’s of Behavior-

_________- Responses to S/muli. Can be verbal or soma/c.

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BEHAVIORS

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ABC’s of Behavior-

_________- What happens as a result of our behavior; according to Skinner, why we behave in the first place.

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CONSEQUENCES

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ABC’s of Behavior-

CONSEQUENCES- What happens as a result of our behavior; according to _________ , why we behave in the first place.

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Skinner

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Variables in conditioning-

_________ :
The psychological meaning of a stimulus.

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Stimulus Function

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Variables in conditioning-

Same stimulus can have different _________ ,
depending on the situation and _________ history

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  • functions

- learning

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Variables in conditioning-

_________ :
When a response varies (occurs, does not occur) in the presence of a particular stimulus.
— Red light = Stop!
— Phone rings = Answer it

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Stimulus Control

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Variables in conditioning-

Stimulus Control:
When a response varies (occurs, does not occur) in the presence of a _________ stimulus.
— Red light = Stop!
— Phone rings = Answer it

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particular

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_________ -

Stimulus Function and Stimulus Control Explain individual differences between people.

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For skinner

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For skinner -

Stimulus Function and Stimulus Control Explain individual _________ between people.

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differences

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-Operant Conditioning-

_________ :
responses made in the presence of a particular stimulus come to be made in the presence of other, similar stimuli

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Stimulus generalization

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Stimulus generalization:

responses made in the presence of a particular _________ come to be made in the presence of other, similar _________

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  • stimulus

- stimuli

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_________ -

The girl who cried at the doctor, maybe also cries at the dentist

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Stimulus generalization

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_________ : reduction in behavior that occurs as a result of the failure to reinforce previously reinforced behavior

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Extinction

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Extinction: reduction in behavior that occurs as a result of the failure to _________ previously reinforced behavior

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reinforce

74
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_________ : teaching a new behavior by reinforcing responses that successively approximate it.

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Shaping

75
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_________ : schedule of reinforcement in which each response is followed by a reinforcer

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Continuous reinforcement

76
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_________ : schedule of reinforcement in which responses produce reinforcers only occasionally

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Intermittent reinforcement

77
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_________ : fixed number of responses is required before a reinforcer is applied

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fixed-ratio

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fixed-ratio : fixed number of responses is required before a _________ is applied

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reinforcer

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_________ : the first response that occurs after a fixed amount of time has elapsed is reinforced

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Fixed-interval

80
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Fixed-interval : the first response that occurs after a fixed amount of _________ has elapsed is reinforced

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time

81
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_________ - you have to respond a certain number of times before you get paid

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Fixed-ratio

82
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_________ - A certain number of times have to go by before you get paid

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Fixed-interval:

83
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_________ : Delayed responding

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Fixed-interval

84
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_________- observable behavior

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behaviorist