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1
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watching, then imitating

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observational learning

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2
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watching someone preform a task or express an emotion and feeling the same or being capable of preforming because the same connections are fired

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mirror neurons

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3
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who is associated with observational learning

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Albert Bandura

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4
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what experiment did Bandura do

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Bobo doll experiment

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5
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what was the result of the Bobo doll experiment

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Children exposed to aggressive shows were aggressive

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6
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viewing media violence results to increased expression of violence, along with antisocial parents

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modeling violence

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7
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prosocial models have postive prosocial effects

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positive observational learning

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8
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relatively permanent change in an organisms behavior due to experience

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learning

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9
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refers to a learning procedure in which a biologically potent stimulus is paired with a previously neutral stimulus

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Classical conditioning

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10
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who coined Classical conditioning

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Ivan pavlov

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11
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elicits a natural response

food in Pavlov’s experiment

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Unconditioned stimulus

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12
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Natural response to Unconditioned stimulus

Salivation to food in Pavlov’s experiment

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unconditioned response

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13
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originally a neutral stimulus, paired with Uncontrolled stimulus
bell in Pavlov’s experiment

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Conditioned stimulus

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14
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Learned response to previous neural stimulus, happens w out thought
salivation to bell in pavlov’s experiment

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Conditioned response

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15
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initial learning stage, conditioning process

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acquisition

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16
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for animals, the ___ must come before the ___.

Can’t ring bell and not bring food w it and expect salivation

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neutral , uncontrolled

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17
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must be within ___ for animal to make a connection between things

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half a second

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18
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caused by CS alone, counter conditioning

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extinction

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19
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CR may still appear after extinction

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Spontaneous recovery

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20
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similar stimuli, same result (ex dog salivating to horn and bell)

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generalization

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21
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only responding to one stimuli

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discrimination

22
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studied classical conditioning on humans

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Watson

23
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what was Watsons experiment

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Baby Albert Experiment

24
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Baby sits, brings in an animal
bar is banged as animal is brought in, child is scared
No banging but animal is feared
What is the UCS, USC, US, UR?

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USC: sound
UCR: crying
US: animal
UR: fear

25
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researchers conditioned a flatworm to contract when exposed to light by repeatedly pairing the light with electric shock. What is the electric shock

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unconditioned stimulus

26
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Brian ate a tuna sandwich and got sick. After that, the sight of tuna made him feel sick. What is the CR?

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nausea from sight of sandwich

27
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based on consequence (reward and punishment)

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operant conditioning

28
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coined OP Con , Skinner box or Operant chamber

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BF Skinner

29
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is a often small chamber that is used to conduct operant conditioning research with animals. Within the chamber, there is usually a lever (for rats) or a key (for pigeons) that an individual animal can operate to obtain a food or water within the chamber as a reinforcer.

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Skinner box or operant chamber

30
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According to ____ Law of Effect,
reinforcement will ____ behavior while
punishment will ____ behavior

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strengthen

diminish

31
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increase and strengthen behavior

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reinforcement

32
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addition of something pleasant

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postive reinforcement

33
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removal of something unpleasant

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negative reinforcement

34
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Receiving money for getting on the honor roll

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postive reinforcement

35
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not having to do chores because of getting on the honor roll

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negative reinforcement

36
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reinforces after a specific number of responses

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fixed ratio (FR)

37
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Car salesmen getting paid by number of cars sold

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Fixed ratio

38
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Reinforces after a specific time has elapsed

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Fixed interval (FI)

39
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Getting paid bi-weekly

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Fixed interval

40
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reinforcement after an unpredictable number of responses, addictive

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variable ratio (VR)

41
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SLot machine giving money

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Variable ratio

42
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reinforces at unpredictable time variables

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variable interval (VI)

43
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waiting for a taxi

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variable interval

44
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meant to decrease a behavior

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punishment

45
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addition of something unpleasant

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positive punishment

46
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getting a ticket for speeding

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positive punishment

47
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removal of something pleasant

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negative punishment

48
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taking a phone bc of behavior

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negative punishment

49
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every time a desired behavior is performed, a token is given

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token economy

50
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reinforcing in small steps on the way to desired behavior

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shaping

51
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reinforcer must be desired, ex a teen wouldn’t want a sticker

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premack principle