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Learning

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The process of acquiring new & relatively enduring info or behaviors

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Habituation

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An organisms decreasing response to a stimulus w repeated exposure to it

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Associative learning

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Learning that certain events occur together

The events may be two stimuli or response & its consequences

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Stimulus

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Any event or situation that evokes a response

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Cognitive learning

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The acquisition of mental info , whether by observing events , by watching others , or language

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Classical conditioning

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A type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli & anticipate events

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Behaviorism

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Thee view that psychology should be an objective science
That studies behaviors without reference to mental processes
Most psychologists agree w first part not second

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Neutral stimulus

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In classics conditioning , a stimulus that elicits no response before conditioning

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Unconditioned response

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Automatic response to UCS

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Unconditioned stimulus

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Agent that leads to a response without training

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Conditioned response

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A learned response to CS

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Conditioned stimulus

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A former NS that comes to elicit a given response after pairing w a UCS

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Acquisition

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The initial stage in classical conditioning
When one links a neutral stimulus & an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus begins triggering the conditioned response
Strengthen reinforced response

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High order conditioning

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A procedure when the conditioned stimulus in one conditioning experience is paired w a new neutral stimulus , creating a second conditioned stimulus

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Extinction

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The diminishing of a conditioned response , when an unconditioned stimulus does not follow a conditioned stimulus
occurs in operant conditioning when a response isn’t reinforced anymore

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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 learning ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus & stimuli that do not signal an unconditional stimulus

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What do we learn in operant conditioning ?

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To associate a response & its consequences

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What can classical conditioning be used for ?

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Therapy
Overcoming fears
Body immune system

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Which of the following is best defined as a relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience ?

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Learning

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Lynn is teaching learning . Every time she claps her hands , Charlie turns off the light. When Tandy claps in approval of Lynn’s presentation, Charlie does not turn the light off. What is the concept?

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Discrimination

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In classical conditioning, the unconditioned stimulus

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Naturally triggers a response

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The work of Pavlov & Watson fits best into which of psych perspectives

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Behaviorism

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Who is associated most closely w operant conditioning ?

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B F skinner

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Operant conditioning

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

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Law of effect

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Principle that behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely & that behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences become less likely

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What has an larger impact on our day to day lives ?

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Operant conditioning

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Operant chamber

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A chamber containing a bar or key that an animal can manipulate to obtain a food or water reinforced
Attached devices record the animal rate of bad pressing or key pecking

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Reinforcement

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In operant conditioning, any event that strengthens the Behavior it follows

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Shaping

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

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Positive reinforcement

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Increasing behaviors by presenting positive reinforcers

A positive reinforcer is any stimulus tht when presented after a response , strengthens the response

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Negative reinforcement

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Increasing behaviors by stopping or reducing negative stimuli .. a negative reinforcers is any stimulus that when removed after a response , strengthens the response

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Primary reinforcers

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An innately reinforcing stimulus , satisfies a biological need

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Conditioned reinforcer

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A stimulus tht gains its reinforcing power through its association w a primary reinforcer

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Reinforcement schedule

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A pattern that defines how often a desired response will be reinforced

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Continuous reinforcement

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Reinforcing the desired response every time it occurs

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Partial reinforcement

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Reinforcing a response only part of the time ; results in slower acquisition of a response but much greater resistance to extinction than does continuous reinforcement

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Fixed ratio schedule

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In operant conditioning , a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified number of responses

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Variable ratio schedule

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In operant conditioning , a reinforcement schedule tht reinforces a response after an unpredictable number of responses

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Fixed interval schedule

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In operant conditioning , a reinforcement schedule tht reinforces a response only after a specified time has elapsed

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Variable interval schedule

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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 tends to decrease the behavior that it follows

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Who created law of effect ?

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Thornedike

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Difference bwt positive & negative reinforcement

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Positive strengthens a response by presenting a pleasurable stimulus after a response
Negative strengthens by reducing something negative
NO PUNISHMENT

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What do we call the kind of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer ?

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Operant conditioning p

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Biofeedback

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A system for electronically recording, amplifying info regarding a subtle physiological state

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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 tht operates on the environment , producing consequences

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What do we call it when the CR decreases as the CS is repeatedly presented alone ?

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Extinction

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What do we call the reappearance after a rest period of an extinguished response ?

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Spontaneous recovery

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Cognitive map

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A mental representation of the layout of ones environment

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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 & imitating a specific behavior

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Mirror neurons

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Frontal lobe neurons that some scientists believe firewhen performing certain scathing or when observing another doing so
Enable imitation & empathy

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Pro social behavior

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Positive , constructive , helpfully behavior

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Who is associated w observational learning ?

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Albert Bandura

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Bandura famous bobo doll experiment is most closely associated with

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Observational learning

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Which is processes the best term for explain How we learn language

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Modeling

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Five major conditioning processes

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Acquisition 
Generalization 
Discrimination 
Extinction 
Spontaneous recovery
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Negative reinforcement …

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Increases likelihood of behavior !

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Secondary reinforcement

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Acquired positive value through experience

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Time

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Fixed interval

Variable interval

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Number of things

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Fixed ratio

Variable ratio

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Punishment do not teach what ?

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Proper behavior

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Discriminative stimulus

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Stimulus that Gains it reinforcing power after association w reinforcement

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Responses are both learned & extinguish fastest when they are learned through which types of reinforcement schedule ?

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Continuous

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