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Cognition

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mental activities associated with thinking

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concept

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mental groupings of similar objects, events, ideas, and people

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prototype

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mental image or best example of a category

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creativity

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the ability to produce ideas that are both novel and valuable

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convergent thinking

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narrows the available problem solutions to determine the single best solution

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divergent thinking

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creative thinking that diverges in different solutions

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what are the 5 components of creativity

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expertise, imaginative thinking skills, venturesome personality, intrinsic motivation, a creative environment

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what is expertise

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well-developed base of knowledge

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what are imaginative thinking skills

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a person who seeks new experiences, tolerates ambiguity and risk, and preservers in overcoming obstacles

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what are imaginative thinking skillls

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they provide the ability to see things in novel ways, to recognize patterns, and to make connections

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what is intrinsic motivation

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being driven more by interest, satisfaction, and challenge that by external pressures

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what does a creative environment do?

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spark, supports, and refines creative ideas

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Algorithms

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step by step procedures that guarantee a solution

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Heuristics?

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simpler thinking strategies

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Insight

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a sudden realization of a problem’s solution; contrasts with strategy based solutions

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confirmation bias

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idea that we more eagerly seek out and favor evidence verifying our ideas than evidence refuting them

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mental set

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our tendency to approach a problem with the mind set of has worked of use previously

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intuition

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our fast, automatic, unreasoned feelings and thoughts

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representativeness heuristic

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judging the likelihood of things in terms of how well tjeu seem to represent or match particular prototypes

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avaliability hueristic

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when we estimate the likelihood of events based on how mentally available they are for example when we win at a casino lights flash making it memorable

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overconfidence

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tendency to overestimate the accuracy of our knowledge and judgements

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belief perseverance

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clinging to their belief even though they have been riven wrong

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framing

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the way we present an issue, sways our decisions and judgments

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learning

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process of acquiring new and relatively enduring information or behaviors

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habituates

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an organism’s decreasing response to a stimulus with repeated pressure to it

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associative learning

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when you link two events together

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classical conditioning

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we learn to associate two things and then to anticipate an event

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operant conditioning

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when we learn to associate a response (our behavior) and its consequence

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cognitive learning

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acquisition of mental information, whether by observing events, by watching there, or through language

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behaviorism

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the view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes.

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neural stimulus (NS)

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in classical conditioning, a stimulus that elicits no response before conditioning

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unconditioned response (UR)

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an unlearned, natural occurring response (such as salivation) to an unconditioned stimulus) (such as food in the mouth)

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Conditioned Response (CR)

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in classical conditioning, a learned response to a previously neutral (but new conditioned) stimulus (CS)

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conditioned stimulus (CS)

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in classical conditioning, an irrelevant stimulus, that after association with an unconditioned stimulus (US), comes to trigger a conditioned response. Such as a bell ringing at first and nothing happens then eventually it rings and there is food

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acquisition

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when one links a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus begins triggering the conditioned response

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high order conditioning

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when a new stimulus such as a light replaces a beep that signals food

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extinction

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the diminish responding that occurs when the CS or tone no longer signals and impending US food

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spontaneous recovery

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the reappearance of a weakened CR after a pause

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discrimination

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the learn debility to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and stimuli that do not signal and unconditioned stimulus

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operant conditioning

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when organisms associate their own actions with consequences

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classical conditioning does what

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forms associations between a CS and the US it signals, also involves respondent behavior of actions that are automatic responses such as salivating in response to meat powder and later in response to tone

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law of effect

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rewarded behavior is likely to occur

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reinforcement

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an event that strengthens a proceeding response or behavior that follows

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shaping

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an operant conditioning procedure in which reinforcers guide behavior toward closer and closer approximations of the desired behavior

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discriminative stimulus

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stimuli that signal that a response will be reinforced

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positive reinforcement

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strengthens a response by present a typically pleasurable stimulus after a response

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negative reinforcement

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strengthens a response by reducing or removing something negative

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negative reinforcement removes what

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a punsihing event, provides relief from the whining teenager, bad headache, or annoying alarm

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primary reinforcers

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one that satisfies a biological need such as hunger, food would be one

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condtioned reinforcers

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or secondary reinforcers, get their power through learned associations ith primary reinforcers

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reinforcement schedules

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

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continuos reinforcment

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reinforcing the desired response every time it occurs, such as getting hcolate for not sitting in sheldons seat

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fixed ratio schedules

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reinforce behavior after a set number of responses

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variable ratio schedules

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provide reinforcers after a seemingly unpredictable number of reposes, such as gambling you don’t know when it will come

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fixed interval schedules

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in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified time has elapsed

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variable interval schedule

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a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response at unpredictable time intervals

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punishment

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any consequence that decreases the frequency of of a preceding behavior, not like reinforcement positive or negative tha increases a bahavior

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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 that operates on the environment producing consequences

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cognitive map

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mental representation of the layout of ones environment

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latent learning

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learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it

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insight

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a sudden realization of a problem’s solution

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intrinsic motivation

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a desire to perform a behavior effectively for its own sake

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extrinsic motivation

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a desire to perform a behavior to receive promised rewards or avoid punishment

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coping

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alleviating stress using emotional, cognitive, or behavioral methods

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problem focused coping

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attempting to alleviate stress directly - by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor

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emotion focused coping

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attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to one’s stress reaction, basically when we cannot or believe we cannot change a situation

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learned helplessness

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feeling helpless and oppressed may lead to astute of passive aggressiveness

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external locus of control

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the perception that chance or outside forces determine their fate

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internal locus of control

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who believe that they control their own destiny

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self control

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the ability to control impulses and delay short term gratification

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observational learning

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learning by observing others

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modelin

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the process of observing and imitating a specific behavior

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mirror neurons

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neurons that fire when performing certain cations or when observing another doing son. brains mirroring of another’s actions may enable imitation and empathy

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prosocial behavior

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positive constructive, helpful behavior. the opposite of antisocial behavior

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mental activities associated with thinking

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Cognition

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mental groupings of similar objects, events, ideas, and people

A

concept

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mental image or best example of a category

A

prototype

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the ability to produce ideas that are both novel and valuable

A

creativity

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narrows the available problem solutions to determine the single best solution

A

convergent thinking

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creative thinking that diverges in different solutions

A

divergent thinking

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expertise, imaginative thinking skills, venturesome personality, intrinsic motivation, a creative environment

A

what are the 5 components of creativity

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well-developed base of knowledge

A

what is expertise

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a person who seeks new experiences, tolerates ambiguity and risk, and preservers in overcoming obstacles

A

what are imaginative thinking skills

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they provide the ability to see things in novel ways, to recognize patterns, and to make connections

A

what are imaginative thinking skillls

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being driven more by interest, satisfaction, and challenge that by external pressures

A

what is intrinsic motivation

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spark, supports, and refines creative ideas

A

what does a creative environment do?

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step by step procedures that guarantee a solution

A

Algorithms

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simpler thinking strategies

A

Heuristics?

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a sudden realization of a problem’s solution; contrasts with strategy based solutions

A

Insight

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reversed Cards

idea that we more eagerly seek out and favor evidence verifying our ideas than evidence refuting them

A

confirmation bias

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reversed Cards

our tendency to approach a problem with the mind set of has worked of use previously

A

mental set

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reversed Cards

our fast, automatic, unreasoned feelings and thoughts

A

intuition

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reversed Cards

judging the likelihood of things in terms of how well tjeu seem to represent or match particular prototypes

A

representativeness heuristic

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reversed Cards

when we estimate the likelihood of events based on how mentally available they are for example when we win at a casino lights flash making it memorable

A

avaliability hueristic

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reversed Cards

tendency to overestimate the accuracy of our knowledge and judgements

A

overconfidence

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reversed Cards

clinging to their belief even though they have been riven wrong

A

belief perseverance

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reversed Cards

the way we present an issue, sways our decisions and judgments

A

framing

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reversed Cards

process of acquiring new and relatively enduring information or behaviors

A

learning

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reversed Cards

an organism’s decreasing response to a stimulus with repeated pressure to it

A

habituates

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when you link two events together

A

associative learning

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reversed Cards

we learn to associate two things and then to anticipate an event

A

classical conditioning

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reversed Cards

when we learn to associate a response (our behavior) and its consequence

A

operant conditioning

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reversed Cards

acquisition of mental information, whether by observing events, by watching there, or through language

A

cognitive learning

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the view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes.

A

behaviorism

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in classical conditioning, a stimulus that elicits no response before conditioning

A

neural stimulus (NS)

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reversed Cards

an unlearned, natural occurring response (such as salivation) to an unconditioned stimulus) (such as food in the mouth)

A

unconditioned response (UR)

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reversed Cards

in classical conditioning, a learned response to a previously neutral (but new conditioned) stimulus (CS)

A

Conditioned Response (CR)

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reversed Cards

in classical conditioning, an irrelevant stimulus, that after association with an unconditioned stimulus (US), comes to trigger a conditioned response. Such as a bell ringing at first and nothing happens then eventually it rings and there is food

A

conditioned stimulus (CS)

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reversed Cards

when one links a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus begins triggering the conditioned response

A

acquisition

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reversed Cards

when a new stimulus such as a light replaces a beep that signals food

A

high order conditioning

112
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reversed Cards

the diminish responding that occurs when the CS or tone no longer signals and impending US food

A

extinction

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reversed Cards

the reappearance of a weakened CR after a pause

A

spontaneous recovery

114
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reversed Cards

the learn debility to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and stimuli that do not signal and unconditioned stimulus

A

discrimination

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reversed Cards

when organisms associate their own actions with consequences

A

operant conditioning

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reversed Cards

forms associations between a CS and the US it signals, also involves respondent behavior of actions that are automatic responses such as salivating in response to meat powder and later in response to tone

A

classical conditioning does what

117
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rewarded behavior is likely to occur

A

law of effect

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reversed Cards

an event that strengthens a proceeding response or behavior that follows

A

reinforcement

119
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reversed Cards

an operant conditioning procedure in which reinforcers guide behavior toward closer and closer approximations of the desired behavior

A

shaping

120
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reversed Cards

stimuli that signal that a response will be reinforced

A

discriminative stimulus

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reversed Cards

strengthens a response by present a typically pleasurable stimulus after a response

A

positive reinforcement

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reversed Cards

strengthens a response by reducing or removing something negative

A

negative reinforcement

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reversed Cards

a punsihing event, provides relief from the whining teenager, bad headache, or annoying alarm

A

negative reinforcement removes what

124
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reversed Cards

one that satisfies a biological need such as hunger, food would be one

A

primary reinforcers

125
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reversed Cards

or secondary reinforcers, get their power through learned associations ith primary reinforcers

A

condtioned reinforcers

126
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reversed Cards

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

A

reinforcement schedules

127
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reversed Cards

reinforcing the desired response every time it occurs, such as getting hcolate for not sitting in sheldons seat

A

continuos reinforcment

128
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reversed Cards

reinforce behavior after a set number of responses

A

fixed ratio schedules

129
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reversed Cards

provide reinforcers after a seemingly unpredictable number of reposes, such as gambling you don’t know when it will come

A

variable ratio schedules

130
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reversed Cards

in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified time has elapsed

A

fixed interval schedules

131
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reversed Cards

a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response at unpredictable time intervals

A

variable interval schedule

132
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reversed Cards

any consequence that decreases the frequency of of a preceding behavior, not like reinforcement positive or negative tha increases a bahavior

A

punishment

133
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reversed Cards

behavior that occurs as an automatic response to some stimulus

A

respondent behavior

134
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reversed Cards

behavior that operates on the environment producing consequences

A

operant behavior

135
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reversed Cards

mental representation of the layout of ones environment

A

cognitive map

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reversed Cards

learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it

A

latent learning

137
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reversed Cards

a sudden realization of a problem’s solution

A

insight

138
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reversed Cards

a desire to perform a behavior effectively for its own sake

A

intrinsic motivation

139
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reversed Cards

a desire to perform a behavior to receive promised rewards or avoid punishment

A

extrinsic motivation

140
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reversed Cards

alleviating stress using emotional, cognitive, or behavioral methods

A

coping

141
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reversed Cards

attempting to alleviate stress directly - by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor

A

problem focused coping

142
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reversed Cards

attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to one’s stress reaction, basically when we cannot or believe we cannot change a situation

A

emotion focused coping

143
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reversed Cards

feeling helpless and oppressed may lead to astute of passive aggressiveness

A

learned helplessness

144
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reversed Cards

the perception that chance or outside forces determine their fate

A

external locus of control

145
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reversed Cards

who believe that they control their own destiny

A

internal locus of control

146
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reversed Cards

the ability to control impulses and delay short term gratification

A

self control

147
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reversed Cards

learning by observing others

A

observational learning

148
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reversed Cards

the process of observing and imitating a specific behavior

A

modelin

149
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reversed Cards

neurons that fire when performing certain cations or when observing another doing son. brains mirroring of another’s actions may enable imitation and empathy

A

mirror neurons

150
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reversed Cards

positive constructive, helpful behavior. the opposite of antisocial behavior

A

prosocial behavior

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