Q1 Principles of Learning and Intro to Psychotherapy Flashcards
what names are associated with classical conditioning
- pavlov (and dogs)
- Watson (and little Albert)
what happens when the conditioned response occurs to a stimulus similar to the conditioned stimulus
- generalization
what is the ability to differentiate between the conditioned stimulus and other stimuli that haven’t been paired with the unconditioned stimulus
- discrimination
what psychiatric illnesses are associated with classical conditioning
- phobias
- PTSD
- paraphilias
who is associated with operant conditioning
- Skinner
- Thorndike
what is something that increases the frequency of behavior
- reinforcer
what is something that decreases the frequency of behavior
- punisher
what does positive mean in behaviorism
- something shows up that wasn’t there before
what does negative mean in behaviorism
- something goes away that was present before
what is a positive reinforcer
- reward
what is a negative reinforcer
- relief
Person is rewarded or reinforced when he or she randomly (by trial and error) shows something like the desired behavior. Closer and closer approximations of the wanted behavior are then reinforced until the correct behavior is achieved
- shaping
what are some psychiatric illnesses that arise as a result of operant conditioning
- substance dependence
- anxiety disorders
- oppositional defiant disorder
- depressive disorders
who is associated with observational learning
- Bandura
components of observational learning model
- attention
- retention
- initiation
- motivation