Chapters 10,11,12

Question 1

What is social observation learning and the aka?

Answer 1

Aka active model type…this is learning by observing events and their consequences

Question 2

What is vicarious reinforcement?

Answer 2

If the consequence of the behavior is strengthens the tendency

Question 3

What is vicarious punished?

Answer 3

If the consequence of the behavior weakens the tendency for it to occur

Question 4

What is asocial observational learning?

Answer 4

Learning from observed events without a model

Question 5

What is a imitation?

Answer 5

To behave in a way that resembles a model

Question 6

What is over imitation?

Answer 6

Tendency to reannact irrelevant acts…….show child how to open box and wave over the box with a stick….the child will most likely wave over the box too even though it had nothing to do with opening the box

Question 7

What is generalized imitation?

Answer 7

Imitation of nonreinforced behavior…..child can over generalize the s add a rule to make things plural…like tooths instead of teeth

Question 8

What is a good model ?

Answer 8

Attractive,likable, prestigious

Question 9

What is bandura doll experiment?

Answer 9

Tested how aggression is taught to children l….showed video of adult punching doll…kids imitated

Question 10

What is attentional process of social learning theory?

Answer 10

Have to do with individuals directing his attention to relevant aspects of the model behavior and consequences

Question 11

What is retentional process of social learning?

Answer 11

Representing model behavior in some way typical in words or images

Question 12

What is motor reproductive social learning theory?

Answer 12

Consist of using symbolic representations stored during retentional process to guide action

Question 13

What is motivational process in social learning theory?

Answer 13

Evaluating consequences of imitating model behavior

Question 14

What is the operant learning theory?

Answer 14

Leaning through punishment and reinforcement

Question 15

What is generalization?

Answer 15

Tendency to respond the same way but from different stimuli

Question 16

What is stimulus generalization?

Answer 16

Tendency for changes in behavior in one situation spread to others

Question 17

How did little Albert expletive stimulus generalization?

Answer 17

Little Albert was a baby…he was part of an experiment to show how we can learn to be scared of things….he was shown animals which he liked…then a loud sound was added to at the sight of each animal…the sound scared Albert.. he then became scare of any thing with hair…even jackets and bears

Question 18

What is discrimination in psychology?

Answer 18

The ability to perceive and respond differently to different stimuli

Question 19

What is discriminative stimuli

Answer 19

Stimuli used to consistently to gain a specific response….person says pick the color red out of a deck a cards and shows you the card red card as an example that is the discriminative stimulus

Question 20

What is simultaneous discrimination learning

Answer 20

The stimuli are presented at the same time

Question 21

What is successive discrimination training?

Answer 21

Learning though repetition

Question 22

What is matching to sample?

Answer 22

Task to select from more than two alternatives

Question 23

What is classical conditioning?

Answer 23

Paring stimuli with consequences

Question 24

What is excitatory gradients?

Answer 24

increased tendency to respond to a stimulus and to other stimuli that resemble it…big peek

Question 25

What is inhibitory gradient?

Answer 25

graphs a decreased tendency….flat peek

Question 26

What is pavlovs theory of generalization?

Answer 26

His is a psychological approach that said discrimination training produces changes in the brain

Question 27

What is spences theory of generalization?

Answer 27

Believed in classical conditioning

Question 28

What is lashley wade theory of generalization?

Answer 28

Generalization gradients depend on past experiences with similarly stimulus

Question 29

What is forgetting in psychology

Answer 29

Deterioration in performance of a leaner behavior

Question 30

What is retention interval?

Answer 30

Period during which learning or practice of behavior does not occur

Question 31

How does free recal measure forgetting?

Answer 31

Individual is given the opportunity to perform a previously learned behavior

Question 32

How does prompted or free recall measures forgetting?

Answer 32

Presenting hints, prompts, to increase the likelihood of behavior being produced

Question 33

How does relearned method measure forgetting?

Answer 33

Measures forgetting in terms of amount of training to reach previous level of performance

Question 34

How does savings method measure forgetting?

Answer 34

What you know

Question 35

What is proactive interference?

Answer 35

When you memorize a list of information and when remembering a later part you forget the earlier

Question 36

What is retroactive interference?

Answer 36

What we learn increases forgetting of previous learning

Question 37

What is context?

Answer 37

Stimuli represented during learning that are not relevant to what is learned

Question 38

What is cue dependent forgetting?

Answer 38

Abscnece of a stimuli that we’re presented during learning

Question 39

What are the 7 ways to improve memory?

Answer 39

Over learn….practice with feedback…distribute your days or practice….test yourself…use mnemonics…use context cues..look at it as problem solving