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Semester 2 Flashcards

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Ivan Pavlov

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Dogs drooling when bell rings

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Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS, US, UC)

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Unconditionally - automatically and naturally - triggers a response

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Unconditioned Response (UCR, UR)

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Unlearned, naturally occuring response to the unconditioned stimulus

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Conditioned Stimulus (CS)

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After association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response

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Conditioned Response (CR)

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Learned response to a previously neutral conditioned stimulus

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Generalization

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Tendency to respond to stimuli similar to the CS

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Discrimination

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Learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and other stimuli

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Operant Conditioning

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Behavior is strengthened if followed by reinforcement or diminished if followed by punishment

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Skinner Box

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Bar or key that an animal manipulates to obtain a reinforcer like food or water

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Shaping

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Reinforces guide behavior towards the desired target behavior through successive approximations

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Positive Reinforcement

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Any event that strengthens the behavior

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Negative Reinforcement

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Removal of a punishment or an aversive stimulus; it STRENGTHENS behavior

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Observational Learning (Albert Bandura)

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Learning by observing and imitating behaviors

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Modeling

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Observing and imitating a specific behavior

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Bobo Doll Study (Albert Bandura)

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Hypothesized that children would imitate aggresive behavior they observed

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Modeling Violence

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Research shows that viewing media violence leads to an increased expression of aggression

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Flashbulb Memory

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Highly emotional moment; clear, strong, and persistent memory

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Working Memory (Short-Term Memory)

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Conscious processing of information; 7 ± 2 items; 20-30 seconds

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Long Term Memory

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Relatively permanent and limitless

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Mnemonics

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Memory aids

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Method of Loci

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Items are mentally associated with specific physical locations

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Chunking

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Organizing items into familiar, managable units; acronyms are a type of chunking

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Retrieval Cues

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Anchors (words, places, emotions, etc.) that help retrieve memory

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State-Congruent Memory

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Recall experiences that are consistent with one’s current mood

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Encoding Failure

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Original information was not encoding correctly

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Proactive Interference

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Disruptive effect of prior learning on recall of new information

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Retroactive Interference

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Disruotive effect of new learning on recall of old information

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Source Amnesia

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Attirbuting something in our memory to the wrong source

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Instincts

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Biological, genetic programming; Instinct - complex behaviors with fixed patterns

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Drive Reduction Theory

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A physiological need creates an aroused tension state (a drive) that motivates an organism to satisfy the need (the reduction)

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Homeostasis

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Maintenance of a steady internal state

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Hierarchy of Needs (Abraham Maslow)

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Lower motives must be met before higher needs; Physiological, Safety, Belongingness and Love, Self-Esteem, Self-Actualization (Full Potential)

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Hypothalamus

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Plays a role in the regulation and control of hunger

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Anorexia Nervosa

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Normal-weight person still feels overweight

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Bulimia Nervosa

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Overeating followed by vomiting using laxatives, etc.

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Catharsis

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“Releasing” aggresive energy (through action or fantasy) relieves aggressive urges

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James-Lange Theory of Emotion

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Physiological activity precedes the emotional experience

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Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion

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Emotion-triggering stimulus and the body’s arousal take place simultaneously

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Two-factor Theory of Emotion

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Emotions have two factors - physical arousal and cognitive label

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Feel-Good, Do-Good Phenomenon

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When we feel happy, we are more likely to help others

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Type A Personality

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Hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people; More likely to develop coronary heart disease

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Psychoanalysis

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Freud’s theory attributes our thoughts and actions to unconscious motive and conflicts

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Free Association

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Ask patients to say whatever comes to their minds

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Id

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Satisfy basic sexual and aggressive drives; operates on the pleasure principle

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Ego

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Mediates among the demands of the id, superego, and reality; reality principle

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Superego

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Standards for judgement (the conscience); morality principle

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Oedipus Complex

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Sexual desires toward mother; feelings of jealousy for father - results in feeling guilt and fear of punishment

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Repression

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Banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memory from consciousness

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Projection

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Disguise threatening impulses by attributing them to others

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Rationalization

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Offers self-justifying explanations

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Displacement

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Shifts impulse toward less threatening object or person; redirecting toward a safer outlet

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Collective Unconscious (Carl Jung)

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Commin reservoir of images derived from our species’ past

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Archetypes (Carl Jung)

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Inheritied universal human concepts like mother or hero

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Projective Test

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Provides ambiguous stimuli designed to trigger projection of one’s inner dynamics

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Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

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People express their inner feelings and interests through the stories they make up about ambiguous scenes

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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Constant worry about many issues; inability to identify cause; Physical symptoms: headaches, stomach aches, muscle tension, irritability

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Phobia

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Persistent and irrational fear of an object or situation that disrupts behavior

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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Unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions)

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

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Haunting memories, nightmares, withdrawal, anxiety, sleep problems

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Major Depressive Disorder

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Two or more weeks of depressed moods

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Bipolar Disorder (Manic-Depressive Disorder)

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Alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania

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Manic Episode

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Hyperactive, wildly optimistic state

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Dissociative Amnesia

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Psychogenic amnesia; memory loss; often selective loss surrounding traumatic events

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Dissociative Fugue

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Global amnesia (forgets everything) with identity replacement

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Dissociative Identity Disorder

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Person exhibits two or more distinct personalities that alternate

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Causes of DID

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Severe sexial or physical abuse; biological predisposition

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Delusions

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False beliefs about self; persecution, paranoia, grandeur, being controlled

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Hallucinations

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Hearing or seeing things that aren’t there

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Schizophrenic Perceptions

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Frequently such hallucinations are auditory

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Anti-Social Personality Disorder (Sociopath or Psychopath)

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Exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing; Sociopath/Psychopath

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Eclectic Approach

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Various forms of healing techniques

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Psychoanalysis

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Released previously repressed feelings; bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness; free association, dream analysis

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Transference

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Emotional conflicts of earlier years are transferred onto the therapist

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Resistance

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Blocking from consciousness any anxiety-arousing material

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Humanistic Therapy (Carl Rodgers)

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Active listening within a genuine, accepting, empathetic environment

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Behavior Therapy

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Applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors

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Counterconditioning

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Conditions new responses to stimuli that trigger unwanted behaviors

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Exposure Therapy

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Expose patients to things they fear and avoid; anxiety lessens

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Sytematic Desensitization

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Associated a pleasant, relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli

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Token Economy

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Exchanges a token earned for desired behavior for various privileges or treats

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Cognitive Therapy

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Give the client a rational or logical view of reality

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Antipsychotic Drug

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Similar enough to molecules of the neurotransmitter dopamine; Ex. Thorazine, Clozapine

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Antidepressant Drugs

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Increasing neurotransmitters norepinephrine or serotonin; elevate arousal and mood

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Normative Social Influence

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Influence resulting from a person’s desire to gain approval or avoid rejection

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Informative Social Influence

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Influence resulting from one’s willingness to accept other’s opinions about reality

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Foot-in-the-Door Phenomenon

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The tendency for people who have agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request

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Stanford Prison Experiment

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When we assume a role, we take on the attitudes and actions of that role

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Solomon-Asch Experiment on Conformity

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Subject is relatively likely to give the same answer as the group, even if it’s obviously incorrect

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Deindividuation

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Loss of self-awareness and self-restraint in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity

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Altruism

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Unselfish regard for the welfare of others

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Bystander Effect

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Tendency for any given bystander yo be less likely to give aid if other bystanders are present

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Classical Conditioning (Ivan Pavlov)

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Organism comes to associate two stimuli

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