Unit 4: Part 1: Learning Flashcards
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Learning
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the process of acquiring knowledge through experience new and relatively enduring information or behaviors; through associations
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Behaviorism
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the theory that psychology can be objectively studied through observations
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Operant Conditioning
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subject learns behaviors by associating it with consequences
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Classical Conditioning
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subject learns to associate two unrelated stimuli with each other
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Associated Learning
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linking two events that occur close together
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Habituation
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decreased response to a stimulus after repeated or prolonged exposure of that stimulus (different than sensory adaptation)
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Stimulus
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an event or situation that evokes a response
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Respondent Behavior
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occurs as an automatic response to some stimulus
