Deck 3 Flashcards
Negative Reinforcement
Strengthens the likelihood of a desired behavior by removing the unpleasant stimuli.
Punishment
Punishment is designed to extinguish or stop an undesirable behavior.
Positive Reinforcement
Positive reinforcement strengthens the likelihood of a desired behavior by giving a reward for desired behavior.
Classical Conditioning
Ivan Pavlov; often called learning by association. The process of pairing new stimuli to known responses. It does not allow for the learning of new behavior, but new pairings.
Operant Conditioning
BF Skinner, often called instrumental learning. The process of shaping behavior through reinforcement. Reinforcement can be positive or negative.
Stimulus generalization
Generalizing a specific experience to a more broad category of stimuli (You are scratched by your neighbor’s car and now you avoid all cats.)
introjection
A freudian defense mechanism. Defined as taking in a accepting as you own the values and standards of other. (adolescents often introject the values of their parents or their role models)
Projection
A freudian defense mechanism. Defined as placing the unacceptable impulses you have within yourself on to someone else. (we are hypercritical of the things in others that we dislike about ourselves)
Compensation
A freudian defense mechanism. Masking perceived weaknesses by developing traits that “make up” for limitations. (being successful at work while your marriage is failing)
Displacement
Freudian defense mechanism. Directing energy at one target when the original target is inaccessible or too risky
Denial
Freudian defense mechanism. Arguing against an anxiety provoking stimuli by stating that it doesn’t exist. Operates at a preconscious/conscious level, and is the simplest of the defense mechanisms.
Sublimination
Freudian defense mechanism. Defined as diverting sexual or aggressive energy into healthy, socially acceptable channels. (channeling anger into weightlifting)
Repression
Freudian defense mechanism. Involuntary removal of something threatening or painful from the conscious (pulling into the unconscious). (not being able to remember childhood abuse)
Regression
Freudian defense mechanism. Returning to a previous stage of development where there are fewer demands.
Psychosexual stages of development
Freud’s personality theory with five stages: Oral, anal, phallic, latent, and genital. Freud posited that erogenous zones were present in all stages with the exception of the latency stage.