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Unconditioned Stimulus

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Something you naturally respond to. (Ex. Chocolate, sugar, sex etc)

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Unconditioned Response

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The type of response put forward by a UCS

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Neutral Stimulus

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Anything you can sense but initiates no response (Fridge door)

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Classical Conditioning

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Learned response to a neutral stimulus paired with an unconditioned stimulus

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Conditioned Stimulus

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A stimulus through pairing with the US elicits a response.

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Conditioned Response

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A response to the CS that occurs as due to training

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Generalization

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Responding to a test stimulus as a result of training with another similar stimulus. (Responding to smile)

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Discrimination

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The differential responding to 2 stimuli following discrimination training

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Extinction

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CS is continuously presented without the US. So eventually the CS cannot form the same response.

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Operant Conditioning

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Utilizes consequences (reinforcement, punishment) to drive behavior. 
After done enough times, task can be carried out with out reward presentation
Positive/Negative reinforcement Positive/Negative Punishment.
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Shaping

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Successively reinforcing behavior that leads to the target behavior.

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Schedules of Partial reinforcement

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Fixed-ratio, fixed-interval

variable-ratio, variable-interval

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Fixed Ratio

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Reinforcement occurs after a certain amount (5 car bonus)

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Fixed Interval

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Reinforcement occurs after a certain time (2wk pay period)

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Variable Ratio

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Reinforcement occurs after a changing amount

Occurs after an avg # of correct responses occur

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Variable Interval

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Reinforcement occurs after a changing amount of time

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Innate Behavior

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Simple Innate Behavior (Reflexes, taxis, kinesis)

Complex Innate Behavior (FAP, Migration, Circ Rhy)

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Learned Behavior

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Habituation, Operant Conditioning, Classical Conditioning, Insight Learning

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Aversive Control

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Escape Learning, Avoidance learning are types of aversive control
Use of punishment or negative reinforcement, to control behavior, and eliminate undesirable behavior.

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Escape Behavior

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Allows you to carry out a behavior that terminates unpleasant stimulus.

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Bobo Doll Experiment

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Albert Bandura

A behavior can be learned and not performed. Does not mean the behavior was not learned.

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Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory

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A-Attention
M-Memory
I-Imitation
M-Motivation

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Reinforcement

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Increases further instances of behavior
Positive: Adding (Money) (Hippocampus)
Negative: Removes undesirable stimulus following correct behavior (Seatbelt sign) (Amygdala)

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Punishment

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Decreases further instances of behavior
Positive: Adding (Ticket)
Negative: Removing (License)

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Flashbulb Memories

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Highly emotional memories that are very vivid

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Long Term Potentiation (LTP)

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Example of synaptic plasticity (the ability of neurons to change their strength)
Neurons communicat and same levels of presynaptic activity lead to greater post synaptic activity

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Decay in Learning

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Ebbinghaus (Rate of word forgetfulness)

When info is not retrieved for a long time, the neural connections become weaker. “Use it or lose it”

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Interference

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Retroactive: New piece of learning impairs old learning
Proactive: Something you learned in the past interferes with your ability to remember new one.

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Dementia

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Excessive damage to brain tissue
Most common: Alzheimers
Decline in memory & other cog functions that impairs daily life

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Korsakoff’s Syndrome

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Lack of vitamin B1 or thiamine
Damage to brain leads to memory loss, loss of balance, reduced cognition
Severe memory loss

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Confabulation

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Makes up stories to fill in the gaps during memory loss in korsakoff’s syndrome

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Nonassociative Learning

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When an organism is repeatedly exposed to a stimulus

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Associative Learning

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Process of learning in which one event is connected with another

  • Classical Conditioning
  • Operant Conditioning
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Observational Learning

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Social learning or learning through observation/watching/imitating others

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Modeling

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Mechanism behind observational learning. You model and then you imitate.

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Reciprocal Determinism

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the theory set forth by psychologist Albert Bandura that a person’s behavior both influences and is influenced by personal factors and the social environment.

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Reflexive Movements

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Primitive, involuntary movements (0-1 years)

Genetic

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Rudimentary Movements

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0-2 Years
Serve as the 1st voluntary movements
Dictated by genes

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Fundamental Movements

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2-7 Years
Fundamental movement
Highly influenced by environment

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Specialized Movement

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Transitional substage: Combine movements

Application substage: Apply these to a certain activity

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Lifelong application stage

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Take all movements learned and apply to various things in life

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Infantile Amnesia

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The age before which we remember nothing (3.5 years)

Learning still happens during this stage

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Harlow Monkey Experiment

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Monkeys are attracted to comfort when young, not nourishment. Contact comfort was more important.

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Mary Ainsworth

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Experiment with securely attached and insecurely attached infants

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Securely attached infants

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In the presence of mother they play and explore, get distressed when mother leaves and seek comfort when she returns

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Insecurely attached Infants

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Latch on to mother, when she leaves they cry or act indifferent and return.

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Parenting Styles

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Authoritarian - Too strict without reason
Permissive - Not strict at all, kids run show
Authoritative - “Best” parenting style

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Serial Positioning Effect

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Effect seen when memorizing a list of sorts, that you remember the first few and last few. This is the recency and primacy effect.

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Prospective Memory

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Remembering to do things in the future

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Misinformation effect

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Tendency to misremember

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False memory

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Repeatedly imagining something can create inaccurate recollections for an event.

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Avoidance behavior

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A behavior carried out to ‘avoid’ unpleasant stimulus even when there is nothing to avoid sometimes. Rat jumping to avoid shock.

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Echoic Memory

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Short term memory for sound

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