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Principles Of Learning Flashcards

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Learning

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A relatively permanent change in an organisms behavior due to experience

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Associative learning

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Learning that certain events occur together

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Classical conditioning

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A type of learning in which one learns to link to her more stimuli and anticipate events

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Neutral stimulus

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A stimulus which initially produces no specific response other than focusing attention

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Generalization

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The tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit some more response

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Token economy

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In operant conditioning procedure in which people earn a token of some sort for exhibiting a desired behavior and then later exchange the tokens for various privileges

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Spontaneous recovery

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The reappearance after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response

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Instrumental learning

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A form of learning that takes place as a direct consequence of a reward

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Reinforcer

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Any event that strengthens the behavior

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Punishment

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Decreasing the likelihood of an undesired behavior

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Primary reinforcer

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An innately reinforcing stimulus such as one biological need

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Fixed-ratio

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Reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified number of responses

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Robert rescorla

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American psychologist that specialized in the processes in classical conditioning focusing on animal learning and behavior

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Edward Tolman

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Founded what is now a branch of psychology known as purposive behaviorism and promoted the concept known as latent learning

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Observational learning

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Learning by observing others (social learning)

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Martin seligman

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His theory of learned helplessness is popular among in clinical psychology

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Acquisition

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The first stages of learning when a response is established

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Extinction

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The diminishing of a conditioned response

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Unconditioned stimulus (US)

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Classical conditioning- a stimulus that unconditionally - naturally- triggers a response

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Conditioned stimulus (CS)

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In classical conditioning - an originally irrelevant stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, triggers a response

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Conditioned taste aversion

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The correlation of the taste of liquid or food with a negative stimulant

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Flooding

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A form of behavior therapy where a person is exposed directly to a maximum intensity anxiety-producing situation

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Discrimination

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The learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus

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Law of effect

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Thorndikes principle that behaviors followed by a favorable consequences become more likely, and that behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences become less likely

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Positive reinforcement

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Increasing behaviors by presenting positive stimuli, such as food

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Positive punishment

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Decreases frequency (behavior) when an unpleasant stimulus is presented

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Secondary reinforcement

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A situation in which a stimulus reinforces a behavior after it has been associated with a primary reinforcer

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Fixed interval

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In operant conditioning- a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response after a specific time has elapsed

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Avoidance conditioning

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A type of conditioning in which the subject is trained to respond or behave to an unpleasant event by avoiding the aversive stimulus

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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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Modeling

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The process of observing and imitating a specific behavior

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Unconditioned response

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The unlearned response - occurs naturally (dog salivating to the treat)

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Conditioned response

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The behavior elicited by the conditioned stimulus (salivation when the bell rings)

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Operant chamber

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An operant conditioning chamber used to study animal behavior

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Intermittent reinforcement

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Given only part of the time a subject gives the desired response

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Shaping

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Method of behavior training in which reinforcement is given for closer approximations of the desired target behavior

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Counterconditioning

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A technique employee in animal training, and in the treatment of phobias and similar conditions in humans -attempts to replace bad emotional responses

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Systematic desensitization

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A type of exposure therapy that associates a pleasant relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety triggering stimuli

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Operant conditioning

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A type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher

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Negative reinforcement

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Increases frequency of behavior when pleasant stimulus is presented

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Negative punishment

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Decrease frequency of behavior when pleasant stimulus is removed

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Continuous reinforcement

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Reinforcing the desired response every time it occurs

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Variable ratio schedule

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I’m operant conditioning- reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response after an unpredictable number of responses

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Escape conditioning

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Subject learns to perform a behavior that terminates an aversive stimulus by escaping from it

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Cognitive maps

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A mental representation of the layout of ones environment

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Mirror neurons

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Frontal lobe neurons that fire when performing certain actions or when observing another doing so

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Learned helplessness

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The hopelessness and passive resignation an animal or human learns when unable to avoid repeated aversive events

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John Watson

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Most famous for his ethically challenged experiment with little Albert

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B.F Skinner

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Demonstrated superstitious behavior in a pigeon and his explanation for how humans become superstitious in the same way

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Ivan Pavlov

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Russian psychologist- showed experimenting with dogs (classical conditioning)

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Edward thorndike

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Famous for his work on learning theory that lead to the development of operant conditioning

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Variable interval

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In operant conditioning a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response at unpredictable time intervals

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Albert Bandura

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Known for his social learning theory- learning happens by observing others and modeling their behaviors

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