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SKINNER Flashcards

1
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What is the full name of skinner?

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Burrhus Frederik Skinner

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skinner was born on? where?

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March 20, 1904 in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA

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who was this person, His father was a lawyer who prodded him to be one as well

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B.F Skinner

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Skinner enrolled in what college and major?

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Hamilton College and English Major

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How many years he devoted in writing and realized his dream was remote?

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2 years

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He enrolled in what university to pursue psychology?

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Harvard University

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2 well known positivist biologist that became skinners mentors?

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Henry Murray and W.J Crozier

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became the chairman of indiana university and work in Harvard university ?

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BF SKINNER

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9
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Skinner was awarded a by American Psychology Association ?

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Citation for outstanding Lifetime contribution to Psychology

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10
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Skinner died due to? at the age of?

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leukemia at the age of 86

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what were skinners publications?

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Behavior of organisms
Science and Human Behavior
Walden two
Beyond Freedom and Dignity

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12
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Is the analysis of behavior in terms of cause and effect relationships where the causes themselves are controllable?

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Functional analysis

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13
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For skinner it is not necessary to talk about mechanism operating inside the organism as behavior can be studied and controlled purely by manipulation of the environment?

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Functional analysis

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who was the man who experienced atleast 2 such crises that led to significant turns in his life courses?

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skinner

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15
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skinners first identity crises occurred during his?

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young adulthood

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skinner referred to this nonproductive time as his? erik erikson would have called this a time pf identity confusion

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Dark years

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an approach that emerged from laboratory studies of animals and humans?

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behaviorism

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2 early pioneers of behaviorism

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edward lee thorndike and john watson

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Skinner was called a?

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Radical behaviorist

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a doctrine that avoids all hypothetical construct such as ego, traits, drives, needs, hunger and

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radical behaviorism

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21
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provides the most useful data for predicting and controlling behavior?

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History

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22
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what was the name of skinners father and mother?

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William Skinner and Grace skinner

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23
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what religion does skinner family has?

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Presbyterian

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the second brother of skinner who was loved more by his parents was called?

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Edward skinner

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25
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exemplified a powerful identity confusion in Skinner life

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Dark Year

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26
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what led to second identity crisis of skinner?

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baby tender

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27
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makes up the mental personality of the person?

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Structure

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28
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Skinner focused on?

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modifiable behavior

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29
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is achieved by manipulating environmental variables that bring about behavior?

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modification of behavior

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30
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t/f skinner made a real distinction between drives and emotions?

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False

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31
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what was the animal that ivan pavlov used for his experiment?

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dog

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32
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ivan pavlov discovered ________- in his experiment on dogs?

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classical conditioning

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33
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the stimulus to which the person learns/ is conditioned to respond?

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conditioned stimulus

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34
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the stimulus to which the response is expected/ natural to respond?

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unconditioned stimulus

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35
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response to the unconditioned stimulus?

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unconditioned response

36
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a term from skinner -type of behavior that you can’t control

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respondent

37
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response to conditioned stimulus?

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conditioned response

38
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a student is always scolded by by his professor who always wears blue shirt

what was the CS, US, CR, UR

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CS: blue shirt
US: Scolding professor
CR: FEAR TOWARDS BLUE SHIRT
UR: FEAR TWARD THE PROFESSORS

39
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the decrease in the responding that occurs when the reinforcement following the response no longer occurs?

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extinction

40
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what was stated? when the students always meet people wearing blue shirt but is treated well and nicely, he might lose his fear for blue shirt?

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extinction

41
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refers to learning that occurs when a neutral stimulus (e.g., a tone) becomes associated with a stimulus (e.g., food) that naturally produces a behaviour.

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classical conditioning

42
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refers to Actions that are followed by reinforcement will be strengthened and more likely to occur again in the future.

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operant conditioning

43
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a response that operates on the environment and changes it?

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operant

44
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Law of effect was formulated by?

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Edward Lee thorndike

45
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this concept states that responses that produce a satisfying effect become more likely to occur again in that particular situation and responses that produce an unsatisfying effect become less likely to occur in that situation?

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law of effect

46
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this is the process that starts by reinforcing a behavior that is a first step toward the final behavior and then gradually reinforcing successively closer approximation to the final behavior

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shaping

47
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through this process organism acquire extremely complicated behaviors?

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shaping

48
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this is usually an aversive stimulus, which when occurring after an operant response, decreases the future likelihood of that response?

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punishment

49
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this is any stimulus that when occurs after a certain behavior increases the likelihood of future occurrence of that behavior?

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reinforcement

50
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this is the removal of an aversive stimulus that associated with a behavior and thereby increasing the likelihood of such behavior?

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negative reinforcement

51
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what was stated in the example, lifting the suspension of the student if he promises to behave properly for the remainder of his student life?

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negative reinforcement

52
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presented of any stimulus that is associated with a behavior and thereby increasing the likelihood of such behavior?

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positive reinforcement

53
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what was stated?, “Giving her chocolate if she perfect her quiz”

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positive reinforcement

54
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what was stated,” being good in class and not being given homework, and taking away a child’s chores because they cleaned their room.”

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negative reinforcement

55
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you add an undesirable stimulus to decrease a behavior?

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positive punishment

56
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scolding a student to get the student to stop texting in class is an example of?

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positive punishment

57
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you remove a pleasant stimulus to decrease a behavior?

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negative punishment

58
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when a child misbehaves, a parent can take away a favorite toy is an example of?

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negative punishment

59
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a mere collection of behavior patterns?

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personality

60
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is a research equipment that was developed by BF Skinner? It is a chamber that contains a bar or key that an animal can press or manipulate in order to obtain food?

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skinner box

61
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this is when a reinforcement is presented on each occasion that the response is elicited?

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Continuous reinforcement schedule

62
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in this schedule the reinforcement is contingent on the interval of time?

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interval reinforcement schedule

63
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2 types of interval reinforcemnt sched?

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fixed and variable

64
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in this schedule the time interval is unchanging

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fixed interval RS

65
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a monthly review at work, a teacher giving a reward for good behavior each class, and a weekly paycheck are example of what reinforcement schedule?

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fixed interval RS

66
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this is characterized by random or intermittent time interval in the reinforcement schedule?

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Variable Interval RS

67
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For this schedule, reinforcement is determined by the number of responses and not by time interval?

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ratio reinforcement schedule

68
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the number of responses per reinforcement is unchanging in this schedule

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FIXED RATION RS

69
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a child being given candy for every 3-10 pages of a book they read IS AN EXAMPLE OF?

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FIXED RATIO RS

70
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THE NUMBER OF RESPONSES PER REINFORCEMENT IS RANDOM AND VARYING IN THIS SCHEDULE?

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VARIABLE RATIO RS

71
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LOYALTY PROGRMS, GAMBLING IS AN EXAMPLE OF ?

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VARIABLE RATION RS

72
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THIS IS THE SCHEDULE THAT IS SLOWEST TO RESULT TO CONDITIONING?

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VARIABLE INTERVAL AND VARIABLE RATIO RS

73
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THIS IS THE TYPE OF CONDITIONING IN WHICH THERE IS NO CAUSAL RELATION BETWEEN THE RESPONSE AND REINFORCER?

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SUPERSTITIOUS BEHAVIOR

74
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WHAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPERSTITIOUS BEHAVIOR?

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INTERMITTENT OR VARIABLE REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULES

75
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stimuli that are linked to, associated to and are causing the occurrence of reinforcers and or punishments?

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secondary reinforcer

76
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is the most common secondary reinforcer in todays world?

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money

77
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happens when a previously unassociated or new stimulus that has similar characteristics to the previously associated stimulus elicits a response that is the same as or similar to the previously associated response?

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stimulus generalization

78
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when u learn to fear math teacher in highschool you might also be fearful of your next math teacher in college? is an example of?

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stimulus generalization

79
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this is the process of differentiating between a conditioned and other stimuli that have not been paired with an unconditioned stimulus?

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stimulus discrimination

80
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when you can discriminate between your old math teacher and ur new one, thereby not exhibiting the same response of fear is an example of?

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stimulus discrimination

81
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response is maintained in a new situation?

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stimulus generalization

82
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response is decreased or weakened

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stimulus discrimination

83
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what are product of operant conditioning?

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normal and abnormal behaviors

84
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is the rapid and sudden exposure of the person to the conditioned stimulus?

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flooding

85
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skinner provided a very usable basis for therapy and is called a ?

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behavior therapy

86
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skinner called the classical conditioning as?

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respondent conditioning

87
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skinner called the operant conditioning as?

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skinnerian conditioning

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