Learning

Question 1

Involves changes in the magnitude of responses to a stimulus

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Non associative learning

Question 2

A learned ability to distinguish between different stimuli

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Discrimination

Question 3

What does punishment need to be effective?

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Significance, immediacy, and consistency

Question 4

A response to an unconditioned stimulus that requires no previous experience

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Unconditioned response

Question 5

A type of learning in which associations are formed between behaviors and their outcomes

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Operant conditioning

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An environmental event whose significance is learned through classical conditioning

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Conditioned stimulus

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Types of non associative learning

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Habituation, sensitization

Question 8

A system where tokens that can be exchanged for other reinforcers are used to inc the freq of desirable behaviors

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Token economics

Question 9

Occurs if the association between the CS and UCS is broken

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Extinction

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Decreases a behavior

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Punishment

Question 11

A schedule in which the first response following a set time interval is reinforced

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Fixed interval

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Stimuli that are similar to the original CS also elicit the CR

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Generalization

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Conditioned reinforcers

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Only gain value by being associated with other things that are valued

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A schedule in which the first response following a variable time interval is reinforced

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Variable interval

Question 15

A behavior is reinforced on some occasions but not on others

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Partial reinforcement

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Primary reinforcers

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Naturally reinforcing, play a role in survival

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Increases a behavior

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Reinforcement

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Occurs when we form connections around stimuli and behaviors

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Associative learning

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Continuously exposing the individual to what they hear until they no longer respond

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Flooding

Question 20

A CS predicts the nonoccurence of a UCS. Dog taking food off table with nobody around but not with people around

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Inhibition

Question 21

Learning in which stimuli associated with a conditioned stimulus also elicit CRs

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Higher order conditioning

Question 22

Pairing the CS with an unpleasant UCS. Being shocked when you eat something unhealthy

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Aversion therapy

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A schedule in which reinforcement occurs following a set number of behaviors

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Fixed ratio schedules

Question 24

Reinforcement depends on the passage of time

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Interval schedules

Question 25

Taking away something undesirable to increase the frequency of a behavior

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Negative reinforcement

Question 26

Something that elicits a response wout prior experience

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Unconditioned stimulus

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A response learned through classical conditioning

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Conditioned response

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Adding something undesirable to decrease the frequency of behavior

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Positive punishment

Question 29

Increases our reactions to many stimuli following exposure to one strong stimulus

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Sensitization

Question 30

The slower learning that occurs when a CS is already familiar compared to when the CS is unfamiliar

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Latent inhibition

Question 31

Individual relaxes while the feared stimulus is gradually introduced

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Systematic desensitization

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Proximity in time between the CS and UCS

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Contiguity

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Correlation between the CS and UCS

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Contingency

Question 34

A schedule in which reinforcement occurs following a variable number of behaviors

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Variable ratio schedules

Question 35

The reappearance of the CR following periods of rest between sessions of extinction training

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Spontaneous recovery

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Conditioning a target behavior by progressively reinforcing behaviors that come closer and closet to the target

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Shaping (method of successive approximations)

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Reduces our reactions to repeated experiences that are unchaining and harmless

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Habituation

Question 38

Little Albert

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Conditioned to fear furry animals bc of a loud bang associated with them

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Learning that takes place by watching others

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Observational learning

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Taking away something desirable to decrease the frequency of behavior

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Negative punishment

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A type of learning in which associations are formed between two stimuli that occur sequentially

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Classical conditioning

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A behavior is reinforced every time it occurs

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continuous reinforcement

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Adding something desirable to inc frequency of behavior

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Positive reinforcement

Question 44

The development of a learned response. Requires contiguity and contingency

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Acquisition

Question 45

Reinforcement depends on the number of times a behavior occurs

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Ratio schedules