Chapter 8

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Associative learning

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Learning that certain events occur together (in CC we associate 2 stimuli)

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Learning

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A relatively permanent change in an organism’s behavior due to experience

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Classical conditioning

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Learning process in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus & acquired the capacity to elicit a similar response

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Behaviorism

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The view that psychology 1. Should be an objective science that 2. Studies behavior without reference to mental processes

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Unconditioned stimulus (US)

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A stimulus that naturally & automatically triggers a response

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Unconditioned response

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Unlearned response that is automatically associated with unconditioned stimulus

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Conditioned stimulus

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In classical conditioning the learned response to a previously neutral (but now conditioned) stimulus

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Conditioned response

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In classical conditioning, an originally irrelevant stimulus that, after association w/ an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response

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Acquisition

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The initial stage in classical conditioning. The phase associating a neutral stimulus w/ an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus comes to elicit a conditioned response. In operant conditioning when a response is no longer reinforced.

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extinction

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The diminishing of a conditioned response. Occurs in classical conditioning an unconditioned stimulus does not follow a conditioned stimulus. Occurs in operant conditioning when a response is no longer reinforced

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Spontaneous recovery

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The reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response

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Generalization

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The tendency once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar response

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Discrimination

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In classical conditioning the learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus & stimuli that do not signal am unconditioned stimulus

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Ivan Pavlov

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Russian physiologist -studied digestive system of dogs

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Neutral stimulus

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Stimulus that does not elicit any response

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Taste aversion

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Acquisition only takes one time because the response is so strong. (Protection from our environment)

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Operant Conditioning

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A type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher

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Respondent Behavior

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Behavior that occurs as an automatic response to some stimulus

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Operant Behavior

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behavior that operates on the environment, producing consequences

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B. F. Skinner

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Behaviorism’s most influential & controversial figure. Studies with rats. operant chamber (skinner box)

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Edward L. Thorndike

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Law of Effect

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Shaping

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An operant conditioning procedure in which reinforcers guide behavior toward closer & closer approximations

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Successive Approximation

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Reward behavior when it gets closer & closer to the goal (baby steps)

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Positive Reinforcement

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Increasing behavior by presenting a positive stimulus

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Negative Reinforcement

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increasing a behavior by taking away an aversive stimulus

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Primary Reinforcers

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one that satisfies a biological need

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Conditioned (second) reinforcers

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One that has been paired with a primary reinforce & has acquired value & reinforcement

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Positive Punishment

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adding something aversive that decreases the likelihood the behavior will be repeated

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negative punishment

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withdraw a desirable stimulus to decrease the likelihood the behavior will be repeated

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continuous reinforcement

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everytime the desired behavior occurs, it is reinforced. (learned quickly but extinguishes quickly)

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Partial (intermittent) reinforcement

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learning takes longer, but results are more persistant and stable

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fixed-ratio schedules

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specific # of correct responses is required before reinforcement occurs. Fixed=predictable ratio=responses

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variable-ratio schedules

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in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response after an unpredictable # of responses

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Fixed-interval schedules

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in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specific time has elapsed

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variable-interval schedules

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in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response at unpredictable time intervals

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punishment

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an event that decreases the behavior it follows

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latent learning

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learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it

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cognitive mag

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a mental representation of the layout of one’s environment. for example, after exploring a maze, rats act as if they had learned a cognitive map of it.

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intrinsic motivation

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a desire to perform a behavior for its own sake

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extrinsic motivation

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a desire to perform a behavior due to promised rewards or threats of punishment

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observational learning

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learning by observing others

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modeling

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the process of observing and imitating a specific behavior

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mirror neurons

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frontal lobe neurons that fire when performing certain actions or when observing another doing so. the brain’s mirroring of another’s action may enable imitation, language learning & empathy

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albert bandura

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bobo doll

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prosocial behavior

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positive, constructive, helpful behavior. The opposite of antisocial behaviors.