Midterm Flashcards
Evidence that learning has occur is seen in ?
Changes of behavior
Epistemology
How we know the world
College professor concerned about lack of attention by students during lectures, is considering a study if the effects of room temperature on state of consciousness. The independent variable is?
State of conscious
Elementary school student attends classes on the last day of school despite illness, so she will not miss out on the perfect attendance award, this is an example of?
Behaviorist explanation
Pavlov- SALIVATION THAT FOLLOWED THE BUZZER Was the?
Conditioned response
Raising a hand to answer a question is?
A learned behavior
Little Albert demonstration illustrated ?
The effects of emotional conditioning
Contiguity is
Simultaneous paring of stimulus and response
Moody math teacher introduces fractions-students seem unmotivated to learn- this can be attributed to?
Pairing the teachers attitude with the context
Thorndike
One activity an be satisfying to one person but not to the other
Thorndike las of effect fits well with the theory of?
Skinner
Trial and error
Trying all keys later to find out none of them fit
Deduce
To infer logically
Logically construct
Inferred but not observed
Independent variable is?
Manipulated by the experimenter
Changing tv channels, cd’s in stereo, turning on and off pc, riding bicycle are all examples of?
Operant behavior
Operant continuing compares with?
Natural selection
Being allowed to leave after 6 hrs but receiving a full 8 hrs pay
Negative reinforcement
Tennis- breakdown of the skill into components is named?
Shaping
Operant is to respondant as?
Act is to reAct
More probable behaviors will reinforce less probable behaviors. Person will most likely perform at an activity if they know the consequence is that they could partake in a more desirable activity
Premack principle
Skinner - extinction occurs when ?
Behaviors is not reinforced
Metaphor
I.e the brain is a computer
Synapse
Space btwn neurons
Brain is?
Plastic
Reductionist theory
Tries to bring everything to its smallest component
Hypothesis testing
Experiments
Scientific method
Observe - question - hypothesis - experiment - result and conclusion