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AP Psych Unit 4 Flashcards

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classical conditioning

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organism learns asso­ciations between two stimuli

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John Watson

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American psychologist who popularized the scientific theory of behaviorism

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Behaviorism

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early 1990s belief that human behavior is more important than mental life (anti-freud)

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Pavlov’s Legacy

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Learning occurs in all creatures and is related to biological drives

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Neutral Stimulus (NS)

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Stimulus that does not normally trigger a response

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Unconditioned Stimulus (US)

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A response that triggers a response naturally

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Unconditioned Response (UR)

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Response that happens naturally

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Conditioned Stimulus (CS)

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The formally neutral stimulus that now triggers a response

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Conditioned Response (CR)

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Same as UR, but now triggered by CS instead of US

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Aquisition

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the initial stage of learning/conditioning

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Higher-order (second-order) conditioning

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A conditioned stimulus from one learning procedure is paired with a neutral stimulus creating a second conditioned stimulus

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Extinction

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Diminishing of a CR

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Spontaneous Recovery

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Following extinction, presenting the CS alone in the future might lead to a return of the CR

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Generalization

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CR can be triggered by related/similar stimuli

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Discrimination

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Only respond to specific stimuli

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Operant Chamber

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A device that tracks behavior change in response to different rates of reinforcement or punishment

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Shaping

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Behaviors that get closer (successive approximations ) to the final desired behavior are rewarded

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Reinforcement

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Feedback from the environment that makes a behavior more likely to occur

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Operant Conditioning

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the organism learns associations between its behavior and resulting events

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Successive approximations

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method of shaping operant behavior by reinforcing responses similar to the desired behavior

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Positive Reinforcement

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adding something desirable to increase behavior

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Negative Reinforcement

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Ending something unpleasant to increase behavior

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Primary reinforcers

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Stimulus that is naturally desirable

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Secondary reinforcers

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Stimulus which has become associated with a primary reinforcer

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Delayed reinforcers

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reinforcement that does not occur immediately after a response has been made

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Punishment

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opposite effect of reinforcement

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Positive Punishment

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Add something unpleasant to decrease behavior

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Negative Punishment

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Take away something desired to decrease behavior

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Continuous reinforcement

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Give reward every time after desired behavior

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Partial (intermittent) reinforce­ment

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reward is based on a specific amount of times behavior takes place

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Fixed-ratio

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specific amount of times (physical)

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Variable Ratio

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Random amount of times (physical)

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Fixed Interval

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the specific amount of times (clock)

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Variable Interval

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the time going by (clock)

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Reinforcement sensitivity theory

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people differ in response to punishment and reward

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Role of Biological learning

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Organisms are predisposed to learn associations that help them adapt.

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Instinctive drift

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Animals natural behavior can interfere with conditioning

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Role of Cognitive learning

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animals can learn from experience that is below the surface until a reward draws

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Cognitive map

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Create a map in their mind

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latent learning

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no immediate reward or punishment after you’re exposed to new information

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Intrinsic motivation

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Doing an activity for ones own satisfaction

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Extrinsic motivation

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Doing an activity as motivation to get a self-earned reward

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Observational learning

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watching and learning what others do

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Modeling

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Changing your behavior based on observing someone else

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Mirror neurons

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frontal lobes that response the same when we perform an action when we see someone do the same action

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Overimitation

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Copying anything someone does

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Pro - social modeling

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Modeling actions which benefits others

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Anti-social modeling

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People witness behavior that is harmful and likely to be more violent

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Violence-viewing effect

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Viewing violent media leads to increased aggression

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