exam 3 psychology Flashcards
key term word
the things that identify as male and female
sex
the things that identify themselves as man, woman, boy, or girl
gender
where you have male and female body parts at birth
intersex
the blending of masculine and feminine psychological characteristics
androgyny
one sense can influence another
ex. smell of food influencing taste
sensory interaction
our own individual sexual attractions
sexual orientation
things that motivate a behavior
primary reinforcement
a stimulus that becomes reinforced because its associated with the primary reinforcer
conditioned reinforcement
learning that occurs until there is an incentive to demonstrate it
latent learning
learning by observing others
observational learning
learned behavior that gradually reverts to biologically predisposed patterns
instinctive drift
a predisposition to learn associations
preparedness
reinforcing a response only part of the time
partial reinforcement
a stimulus that gains its reinforcing power through its association with a primary reinforcer
conditioned reinforcer
a reinforcing stimulus such as one that satisfies a biological need
primary reinforcer
stimulus response that is removed after a response
negative reinforcement
a stimulus that strengthens the response
positive reinforcement
any event that strengthens the behavior it follows
reinforcement
the guided behavior that goes toward closer and closer approximations of desired behavior
shaping
behavior that operates on the environment, producing a consequence
operant behavior
behavior that occurs as an automatic response to some stimulus
respondent behavior
a type of learning in which a behavior becomes more likely to recur if followed by a reinforcer or less likely to recur by a punisher
operant conditioning
the learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and similar stimuli that don’t signal an unconditioned stimulus
discrimination
the tendency to respond similarly to different but similar stimuli
generalization
