AP psychology chapter 6 Flashcards

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Learning

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Long-lasting changes in behavior resulting from experiences.

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Ivan Pavlov

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Discovered classical conditioning.

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Classical conditioning

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Learning to associate neutral stimuli with stimuli that produce reflexive/involuntary responses.

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Unconditioned stimuli

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The original, reflexive stimulus.

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Unconditioned response

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The involuntary response to the US.

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Conditioned stimulus

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When the neutral stimulus becomes reflexive.

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Conditioned response

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Response to conditioned stimulus.

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Pavlovian Paradigm

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Food = US, which elicits salivating (UR), bell = neutral stimuli, becomes CS once it elicits salivation (CR).

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Acquisition

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Once there is a response to the CS without presentation of the US.

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Delayed conditioning

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In which the CS is presented before the US, but the US is introduced while the CS is still evident. Most effective.

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Trace conditioning

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The presentation of the CS, followed by a short break, followed by the US.

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Simultaneous conditioning

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CS and US are presented at the same time.

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Backward conditioning.

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US is presented first followed by CS.

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Extinction.

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Unlearning a behavior, when the CS no longer elicits a CR.

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Spontaneous recovery.

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After extinction and no further training of animals has taken place, response briefly reappears upon presentation of CS.

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Generalization

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Tendency to respond to similar CS’s.

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Discrimination

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To tell the difference between various stimuli.

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John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner

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Conditioned a small boy named Albert to fear a white rat.

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Aversive conditioning

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An unpleasant stimulus is paired with an undesired behavior to get rid of it.

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Second order/higher order conditioning

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A CS is able to elicit a CR without ever being associated with the US, aka using a CS as a US to condition the response to a new stimulus.

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Learned taste aversion

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Biologically prepared for it, one develops an aversion to food that creates nausea.

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John Garcia and Robert Koelling

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Performed an experiment on rats illustrating biological preparedness in classical conditioning (linking loud noise with shock and unusual tastes to nausea).

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Operant conditioning

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A kind of classical conditioning based on the association of consequences with behavior.

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Edwar Thorndike

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Created the law of effect.

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Law of effect

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If consequences are pleasant, then the stimulus-response connection strengthens and behavior becomes more likely, if consequences unpleasant, connection weakens. Described as instrumental learning.

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Instrumental learning

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A type of learning in which behaviors are strengthened or weakened by their consequences.

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B.F Skinner

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Coined the term operant conditioning and invented the Skinner Box.

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Skinner box

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Delivers food to animal is animal does a certain task.

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Reinforcer

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Something that increases the likelihood that a specific behavior or response will occur.

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Reinforcement

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The application of the reinforcer.

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Positive reinforcement

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Addition of smth pleasant.

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Negative reinforcement

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Removal of something unpleasant.

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Escape learning

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Comes from negative reinforcement, in which one learns to get rid of unpleasant stimulus.

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Avoidance learning

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One learns to avoid unpleasant stimulus.

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Punishment

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A consequence that tries to reduce undesirable behavior from happening again

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2 types of punishment

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Omission training/negative punishment, positive punishment.

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Omission training/negative punishment

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Removal of something pleasant

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Positive punishment

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Addition of something unpleasant.

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Shaping

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A method of increasing a behavior through reinforcement of approximations of that behavior.

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Chaining

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Aims to link together a number of separate behaviors into a more complex activity, similar to shaping.

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Primary reinforcers

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Things that motivate behavior because they satiate an individual’s basic survival needs.

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Secondary reinforcers

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Things we have learned to value.

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Generalized reinforcer

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Something that has been associated with many different reinforcing consequences, like money, can create a token economy.

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Token economy

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People are rewarded tokens for desired behavior, which can be traded for other reinforcers.

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Premack Principle

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States that the effectiveness of certain reinforcements depends on the context.

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Continuous reinforcement

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When new behaviors are being taught, rewards are the best.

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Partial reinforcement effect

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Behaviors will become more resistant to extinction if the subject is not reinforced continuously.

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Reinforcement schedules

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Ratio schedules (the number of responses) or interval schedules (the passage of time), fixed schedules (constant) or variable schedules (changing).

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Fixed-ratio

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Provides reinforcement after a set number of responses.

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Variable ratio

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Provides reinforcement after a constantly changing number of responses.

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Fixed interval

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Requires a set amount of time to pass before a response results in a reward.

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Instinctive drift

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Tendencies for animals to pursue their typical patterns and despite a reward.

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Variable interval

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Provides a reward for a response after a varied amount of time.

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Contiguity model

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States that the more 2 things are placed together, the more learning will take place.

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Robert Rescorla

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Created the contingency model.

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Contingency model

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Proposes that for learning to take place, a stimulus must provide the subject info about the likelihood that certain events will occur.

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Albert Bandura

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Studied modeling

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Modelling

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Only occurs between members of the same species, contains observation and imitation.

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Edward Tolman

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Studied latent learning.

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Latent learning

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Learning only becomes obvious once reinforcement is given.

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Abstract learning

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Involves understanding concepts like “tree.”

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Wolfgang Kohler

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Studies insight learning.

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Insight learning

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Occurs when one suddenly realizes how to solve a problem.