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Ch 6 - Conditioning and Learning Flashcards

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Any relatively permanent change in knowledge or behaviour that can be attributed to experience.

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What is learning?

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The formation of simple associations between various stimuli and responses.

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What is associative learning?

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A form of learning in which reflex responses are associated with new simuli.

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What is classical conditioning?

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Something that elicits a response without any prior experience.

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What is an unconditioned stimulus (US)?

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Response to a stimulus that requires no previous experience.

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What is an unconditioned response (UR)?

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A stimulus that does not evoke a response.

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What is a neutral stimulus (NS)?

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Neutral stimulus that, through pairing with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to elicit a learned response.

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What is a conditioned stimulus (CS)?

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Learned reaction elicited by pairing an originally neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus.

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What is a conditioned response (CR)?

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Weakening of a learned response by repeatedly presenting the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus.

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What is extinction (in classical conditioning)?

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Reappearance of a learned response after its apparent extinction.

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What is spontaneous recovery?

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Tendency to respond to stimuli similar to a conditioned stimulus.

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What is stimulus generalization?

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The learned ability to respond differently to similar stimuli.

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What is stimulus discrimination?

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An emotional response that has been linked to a previously non-emotional stimulus by classical conditioning.

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What is a conditioned emotional response (CER)?

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Learning based on the positive or negative consequences of responding.

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What is operant (instrumental) conditioning?

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Responses that lead to desirable effects are repeated; those that produce undesirable results are not.

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What is the law of effect?

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An apparatus designed to study operant conditioning in animals.

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What is the operant conditioning chamber (Skinner box)?

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Any event that reliably increases the probability or frequency of responses it follows.

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What is a reinforcer?

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Occurs when a response is followed by a reward or other positive event.

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What is positive reinforcement?

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Occurs when a response if followed by an end to discomfort or by the removal of an unpleasant event.

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What is negative reinforcement?

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Any event that decreases the probability or frequency of responses that it follows.

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What is a punisher?

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Any event that follows a response and decreases its likelihood of occurring again; the process of suppressing a response.

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What is positive punishment (punishment)?

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Removal of a positive reinforcer after a response is made.

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What is negative punishment (response cost)?

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The weakening or disappearance of a nonreinforced operant response.

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What is operant extinction?

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The tendency to respond to stimuli similar to those that preceded reinforcement.

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What is operant stimulus generalization?

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The tendency to make an operant response when stimuli previously associated with reward are present and to withhold the response when stimuli associated with non-reward are present.

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What is operant stimulus discrimination?

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Gradually molding responses to a final desired pattern.

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What is shaping?

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A pattern in which a reinforcer follows every correct response.

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What is continuous reinforcement?

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A pattern in which only a portion of all responses are reinforced.

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What is partial reinforcement?

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Responses acquired with partial reinforcement are more resistant to extinction.

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What is partial reinforcement effect?

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Rules or plans for determining which responses will be reinforced.

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What are schedules of reinforcement?

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An arrangement where a set number of correct responses must be made to get a reinforcer. For example, a reinforcer is given for every four correct responses.

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What is a fixed ratio (FR) schedule?

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An arrangement where a varied number of correct responses must be made to get a reinforcer. For example, a reinforcer is given after three to seven correct responses; the actual number changes randomly.

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What is a variable ratio (VR) schedule?

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An arrangement where a reinforcer is given only when a correct response is made after a set amount of time has passed since the last reinforced response. Responses made during the time interval are not reinforced.

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What is a fixed interval (FI) schedule?

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An arrangement where a reinforcer is given for the first correct response made after a varied amount of time has passed since the last reinforced response. Responses made during the time interval are not reinforced.

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What is a variable interval (VI) schedule?

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Non-learned reinforcers; usually those that satisfy physiological needs.

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What are primary reinforcers?

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A learned reinforcer; often one that gains reinforcing properties by association with a primary reinforcer.

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What is a secondary reinforcer?

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A tangible secondary reinforcer such as money, gold stars, poker chips, and the like.

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What is a token reinforcer?

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Learning achieved by watching and imitating the actions of another or noting the consequences of those actions.

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What is observational learning (modeling)?

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A person who serves as an example in observational learning.

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What is a model (in learning)?

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The removal of inhibition; results in acting out that normally would be restrained.

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What is disinhibition?

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A reduction in emotional sensitivity to a stimulus.

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What is desensitization?

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Higher-level learning involving thinking, knowing, understanding, and anticipation.

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What is cognitive learning?

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Psychologists who work in schools and design interventions for students who are having difficulties.

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What are school psychologists?

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Psychologists who carry out research to better understand how people best learn and how teachers can improve instruction.

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What are educational psychologists?

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A system for classifying knowledge and learning.

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What is Bloom’s taxonomy?

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The belief that intelligence and talents can be developed through hard work and effort.

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What is the growth mindset?

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The belief that intelligence and talents are inborn and cannot be easily changed.

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What is the fixed mindset?

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A method of instruction in which information is presented by lecture or demonstration, and students often learn through rote practice.

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What is direct instruction?

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Learning based on insight and understanding.

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What is discovery learning?

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Information returned to people about their progress toward a goal.

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What is feedback?

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A formal agreement stating behaviours to be changed and consequences that apply.

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What is a behavioural contract?

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Any high-frequency response can be used to reinforce a low-frequency response.

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What is the Premack principle?

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Self-management based on keeping records of response frequencies.

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What is self-recording?

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