learning theory Flashcards
functional behavioral assessment used for (FBA)
-finding controlling variables (factors that are affecting the target behavior)
Beck
-automatic thoughts -affective arousal necessary for change
experimental neurosis is the result of
difficulty discriminating
most useful for learning paired words
keyword method
most useful for learning random list of words
acronym
Ellis
all pathology comes from the same set of dysfunctional beliefs
encoding specificity principle
memory is better when the same cues are present at retrieval (ie. recognition memory is better than recall)
flashbulb memory
vivid memory of surprising/distinctive event
Skinner and Thorndike
Operant Conditioning
Watson
Classical Conditioning
Bandura
-social learning theory, ppl can learn things just by observing others -internal reinforcers important
Ebbinghaus
research on memory and forgetting
