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Habituation

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A decrease in the strength of response to a repeated stimulus. (Shock decreases as it’s repeated)

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Sensitization

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An increase in strength of response to a stimulus.

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Classical conditioning

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Associate two stimuli such that one stimuli can elicit a response that was originally elicited only by the other stimulus

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Higher order conditioning

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A neural stimulus becomes a CS after being paired with an already established CS.

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Thorndike’s law of effect

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Responses followed by satisfactory consequences will be strengthen whereas hose followed by unsatisfactory consequences will be weakened

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Cognitive map

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A mental representation of a spatial layout

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Fixed ratio

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Produces the most rapid learning

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Albert Bandura’s cognitive theory

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Stresses the importance of learning by observing a model

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Consolidation

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Improvements in skills liked to the time we are asleep

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Extinction

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A process in which the CS is presented repeatedly in the absence of the UCS, causing the CR to weaken and eventually disappear

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Higher-order conditioning

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A neutral stimulus becomes a CS after being paired with an already existing CS

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Exposure therapy

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A patient is exposed to a stimulus (CS) that arouses an anxiety response without the presence of the UCS allowing extinction to occur.

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Aversion therapy

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Attempts to condition an aversion (a repulsion) to a stimulus that triggers unwanted behavior by pairing it with a toxic UCS (paedophiles- shocked when see pic of kids)

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Operant conditioning

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A type of learning in which behavior is influenced by consequences that FOLLOW it

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Reinforcement

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When a response is STRENGTHENED by the outcome that follows it

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Punishment

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Occurs when a response is WEAKENED by the outcome that follows it

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Positive reinforcement

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When a response is strengthened by the subsequent PRESENTATION of a stimulus

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Primary reinforcers

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Stimuli such as food and water that an organism naturally finds reinforcing biological needs

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Secondary (conditioned) reinforcers

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Stimuli that acquire reinforcing properties through their association with primary reinforcers. (Eg. Money)

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Negative reinforcements

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A response is strengthened by the subsequent REMOVAL or AVOIDANCE of an aversive stimulus

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Operant extinction

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The weakening and eventual disappearance of a response because it is no longer reinforced.

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Aversive punishment

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A response is weakened by a subsequent presentation of a stimulus. Eg. Child burns fingers on hot stove,won’t do it again. Produces rapid results.

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Response cost

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Response is weakened by the subsequent removal of a stimulus. Eg. Being grounded/ not speeding because of fine possibility

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Preparedness

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Through evolution, animals are predisposed to learn some associations more easily than others. (Rat with sugar water=operant taste aversions)

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Indistinctive drift

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The tendency for a conditioned response to drift back towards instinctive behavior.

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Latent learning

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Learning that occurs but is not demonstrated until later, when there is an incentive to perform

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Blocking

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Obstruction of conditioning of a CR, because that response has already been conditioned to another stimulus.

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Social-Cognitive Theory

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Emphasizes that people learn by observing the behavior of models and acquiring the belief that they can produce behaviors to influence events in their lives. (Bandura’s theory)

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Neural Network Models

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Learn new information through changes in the connections between mathematically stimulated neurons

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in Pavlov’s experiments, salivation was the

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unconditioned response

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in Thorndike’s law of effect, events critical for conditioning

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occur after the response

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a series of responses that gradually approach a desired pattern of behaviour are called

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successive approximations

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the greatest degree of resistance to extinction is typically caused by a

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variable interval

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reinforcement in operant conditioning is most effective when it is

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response congruent

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difference between classical and operant conditioning is that

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classical conditioning involves learning in which antecedent events are associated with one another

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in classical conditioning, events critical to learning occur before/after the response

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before

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becoming addicted to gambling is related to the effects of

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partial reinforcement

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to strengthen the connection between the CS and the CR, the CS must

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precede the US

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an example of a secondary reinforcer

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grades

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for conditioning to occur, the proper order of events is

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CS-US-UR

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punishment

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addition of an aversive stimulus

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negative reinforcement (increases/decreases) responding; punishment (increases/decreases) responding.

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increases, decreases

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two schedules of reinforcement that produce the highest rates of response are

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fixed ratio and variable ratio

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Acquiring a fear of a light because you saw someone else getting shocked when the light came on is an example of

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vicarious conditioning

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secondary reinforcer are

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learned

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A corporate pay policy comparable to a fixed ratio schedule of reinforcement is

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payment of employees on a piece-work basis

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The process through which a response is taught by rewarding successive approximations to the final desired response is

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shaping

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Classical conditioning is most often used to condition

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reflexes

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To be effective, punishment should be

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paired with reinforcement

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Responses that are reinforced and tend to be repeated illustrate

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operant conditioning

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learning is best defined as

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a relatively permanent change in behaviour due to past experience

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Two principles of conditioning that have aided our learning and improved our adaptability as a species are

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stimulus generalization and stimulus discrimination

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