Learning Flashcards

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(…) and (…) behaviors are both maintained by negative reinforcement, but the later involves a cue and (…) training (classical conditioning). Responding to the cue prevents the aversive stimulus from occurring at all.

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Escape and avoidance, discriminative

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Research: Tolman worked with (…), Ebbinghaus (…), Thorndike (…), and Kohler with (…).

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rats, himself, cats, and chimpanzees

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Beginning with a continuous schedule of reinforcement, then changing to intermittent is called (…).

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thinning

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In vivo (…) therapy utilizes (…) to reduce the attractiveness of a stimulus by pairing it with an (…) response. (…) (…) is similar but the (…) and (…) are presented in imagination.

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aversion, counterconditioning, undesireable, Covert sensitization, CS and US

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Time-out is a form of (…) (…).

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negative punishment

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The serial position effect evidences two effects: (…) and (…). The first occurs because items have been (…) and (…) in long-term memory. Items at the end are in (…)-(…) memory.

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primacy, recency, rehearsed, stored, short-term

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(…) memory is the ability to “remember to remember”. Also associated with remembering to perform a task in the future.

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prospective

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Observational learning includes 4 processes: (…), (…), (…), and (…). The most effective type is (…) (…). A primary source of motivation is (…)-(…) beliefs.

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attention, retention, production, and motivation; participant modeling, self-efficacy

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PE utilizes a (…) (…) technique by exposing s/o to the CS ((…)-(…) (…)) without the original (…).

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classical extinction, anxiety-arousing, US

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Wolpe developed (…) (…), an application of (…) or (…) inhibition. It pairs (…) with (…).

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systematic desensitization, counterconditioning, reciprocal inhibition, anxiety-evoking stimuli with relaxation

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Badeley and Hitch’s (…)-(…) model suggests working memory includes a (…) (…) and 3 subsystems: (…), (…), and (…).

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multi-component, central executive, phonological loop, visuo-spatial sketchpad, episodic buffer

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The central (…) acts as an “(…) control system”, (…) irrelevant information and coordinating subsystems of working memory.

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executive, attentional, suppressing

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Removing points/tokens as a negative punishment is a (…) (…).

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response cost

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The 3 levels of processing: (…), (…), (…). The best for retention is (…).

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structural, phonemic, semantic, semantic

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(…) memory contains lots of information for a few seconds. (…) memory is limited in amount, fades in 30 seconds. (…) memory is unlimited.

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sensory, short term, long term

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(…) (…) is when a behavior happens due to the presence of a (…) stimuli. Positive (…) stimuli signals the behavior will be reinforced.

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stimulus control, discriminative x 2

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Blocking occurs when a (…) blocks an association between a (…) (…) stimulus and the (…), when they are are presented together. The new neutral stimulus doesn’t work because it provides (…) information.

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CS, second neutral, US, redudent

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(…)-(…) conditioning occurs when a previously established (…) serves as the (…) to a (…) for a new (…).

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higher-order, CS, US, CR, CS

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(…) inoculation enhances (…) skills in 3 overlapping phases: (…), (…), (…). Coping in the present, helps with coping in the future.

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stress, coping, cognitive preparation, skills acquisition and rehearsal, application and follow-through

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Rehm’s Self-control therapy assumes deficits in the following 3 aspects increase vulnerability to depression: (…), (…), and (…).

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self-monitoring, self-evaluation, and self-reinforcement

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LTM involves (…) and (…) components. The second is divided into (…) and (…) memory.

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procedural, declarative, semantic, episodic

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An (…) is a phrase or rhyme constructed from the first letter of each word in a list.

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Interference theory: (…) interference, (…) info stops (…) information; the other is (…).

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retroactive, new, old; the other is proactive

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Tolman believed in (…) learning. Learning can occur (…) reinforcement.

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latent, without

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(...) (...) is the elimination of a previously reinforced response through the consistent withholding of reinforcement following the response.
operant extinction
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A temporary increase in the an extinct response is called an (...) (...).
extinction burst
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Punishment (...) rather than (...) a behavior. More effective when in (...) and gradual increasing it's intensity will lead to (...).
suppresses, eliminates, moderation, habituation
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(...) establishes a complex behavior with that end goal being the only concern, while with (...), the entire sequence of responses is important.
shaping, chaining
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(...) (...) theory proposes that forgetting is due to a gradual (...) of memory traces over time due to (...).
trace decay, decay, disuse
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(...) (...) is a treatment-of-choice for Raynaud's disease, and that PLUS (...) training for migraine headaches.
thermal biofeedback, autogenic
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a (...) (...) assessment clarifies target behavior characteristics to identify an (...) behavior that serves the same (...).
functional behavioral, alternative, functions
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The Law of Effect was developed by (...) and proposes behaviors will increase when followed by a (...) (...). His research with cats is associated with (...) and (...) learning.
Thorndike, satisfying consequence, trial and error
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(...) involves restitution and positive practice. The first involving the (...) and the second (...).
Overcorrection, individual correcting the consequences of their behavior, practicing corrective behaviors
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(...) (...) learning suggests that recall of information is best when learner is in the same (...) (...) during learning and recall.
state dependent, emotional state
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The (...)-(...) Law suggests optimal learning and performance with (...) levels of arousal (inverted-U).
Yerkes-Dodson, moderate
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After classical extinction, a CR may "(...) (...)" even without CS and CU pairing.
spontaneously recover
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(...) in his research with chimps, discussed (...) (...), the "aha" experience or sudden understanding.
Kohler, insight learning
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An organism will (...) the relative frequency of responding to two different schedules of reinforcement relative to it's frequency, this is called (...) (...).
match, matching law
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The (...) (...), pairs a high-frequency behavior as a (...) (...) for a low-frequency behavior.
Premack Principle, positive reinforcer
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(...) are verbal cues that facilitate the acquisition of new behavior, graduate removal of that is known as (...).
prompt, fading
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When stimulus discrimations are difficult, the organism may exhibit (...) (...), performing unusual behaviors like (...), (...), or fear.
experimental neurosis, restlessness, aggressiveness
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Lweinsohn's (...) (...) attributes depression to a low-rate of (...)-(...) reinforcements.
behavioral model, response-contingent
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Tokens are what kind of reinforcer: (...).
generalized secondary (can be exchanged for a primary reinforcer; e.g. food)
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In (...) (...) all behaviors are reinforced while the target behavior is ignored.
differential reinforcement
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Echoic is to iconic as (...) is to (...).
auditory, visual
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Scalloping is associated with the (...)-(...) reinforcement schedule, when the subject begins responding at the end of the (...).
fixed-interval (FI), interval
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REBT assumes irrational beliefs are (...) based.
biologically