Learning vocabulary

Question 0

Refers to a connection between conceptual entities or mental states that results from the similarity between those states or their proximity in space time

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Association

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The diminishing of a physiological or emotional response to a frequently repeated stimulus

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Habituation

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Is an energy pattern (such as light or sound) which is registered by the senses.

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Stimulus

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Refers to the first stages of learning when a response is established

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Acquisition

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Is a classical conditioning term that refers to a situation in which a stimulus that was previously neutral is paired with a conditional stimulus to produce the same conditional response as the conditional stimulus

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Higher Order Conditioning

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To the gradual weakening of a conditioning response that resulta in the behavior decreasing or disappearing.

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Extinction

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The reappearance of the conditional response after a rest period or period of lessened response.

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Spontaneous recovery

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The ability to perceive and respond to differences among stimuli

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Discrimination

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States that responses that produce a satisfying effect in a particular situation become more likely to occur again in that situation, and responses that produce a discomforting effect become less likely to occur again in that situation

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Law of effect

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To refer to anything that increases the likelihood that a response will occur

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Reinforcement

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Is a conditioning paradigm used primarily in the experimental analysis of behavior.

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Shaping

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Is a stimulus in the presence of which a particular response will be reinforced

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Discriminative stimulus

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The type of learning that occurs, but you dont really see it until there is some reinforcement or incentive to demonstrate it.

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Latent learning

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When the solution to a problem comes to you in an all of a sudden manner it can be considered insight.

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Insight

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A condition in which a person suffers from a sense of powerlessness, arising from a traumatic event or persistent failure to succeed.

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Learned helplessness

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Method used in certain techniques of psychotherapy whereby the client learns by imitation alone without any specific verbal direction by the therapist

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Modeling

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He has been responsible for contributions to many fields of psychology, including social cognitive theory, therapy and personality psychology and was also influential in the transition between behaviorism and cognitive psychology.

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Albert bandura

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An American psychologist most known for his research on taste aversion learning.

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John Garcia

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A Russian physiologist known primarily for his work in classical conditioning.

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Ivan Pavlov

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Is an American experimental psychologist. He is the co-creator of the Rescorla-Wagner model of conditioning and is primarily interested in elementary learning processes

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Robert Rescorla

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He invented the operant conditioning chamber, also known as the —–Box

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Burrhus Frederic Skinner

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His work on comparative psychology and the learning process led to the theory of connectionism and helped lay the scientific foundation for modern educational psychology

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Edward Lee

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He was most famous for his studies on behavioral psychology

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Edward C. Tolman

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An American psychologist who established the psychologist the psychological school of behaviorism.

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John B. Watson