Quiz 4 Flashcards
What is classical conditioning?
Learn by associations between two stimuli; environment acts on person, (UCS, UCR, NS, NR, CS, CR), generalization - tendency of a new, similar stimulus to elicit a CR, discrimination - person will respond to certain stimuli but not others, extinction - weakening of CR overtime because no UCS
What is the definition of learning?
A relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs through experience
What is operant conditioning?
Person acts on the environment, consequences (punishment or reinforcement) of a behavior determine whether or not behavior is more likely or less likely to occur
What is reinforcement?
Strength of a behavior or the chances of the behavior increases because of the consequences that follow behavior; positive - given a rewarding consequence , negative - an aversive or painful consequence is removed , continuous - reinforce each time , partial - reinforce randomly
Who are we likely to imitate?
Those similar to ourselves, successful, admirable, and same sex
What are the most powerful influences on modeling?
(1) live (2) television (3) cartoons
What is the definition of social psychology?
The study of how people (individuals) think about, influence, and relate to other people
What is the definition of attributions?
Ideas about why people behave the way they do
What are the types of attributions?
(1) internal - causes internal to person (2) external - causes external to person (3) stable - cause of behavior likely not to change (4) unstable - cause of behavior likely to change (5) controllable/uncontrollable
What is the fundamental attribution error?
Tendency to overestimate the importance of internal traits when compared to external traits when trying to explain others behavior
What is the self-serving bias?
Tendency to attribute our own success to internal factors and failures to external factors
