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learning

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relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs through experience

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associative learning

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learning through association

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classical conditioning

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associations between two stimuli

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operant conditioning

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association between behavior and consequence

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observational learning

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watching a behavior and replicating it

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classical learning

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explains involuntary behavior

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operant learning

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explains voluntary behavior

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generalization

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respond similarily to different stimuli

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discrimination

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respond differently to similar stimuli

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extinction

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weakening of conditioned response and absence of unconditioned stimulus

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B.F. Skinner

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environment enforces of eliminates behavior/responses and consequences

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consequences have what impact on behaviors?

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they change the probablilty of its occurence

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positive reinforcement

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pleasant stimulus is added to increase the frequency of the behavior

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negative reinforcement

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unpleasant stimulus is removed to increase behavior

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primary reinforcement

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something that is inately satistifying

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secondary reinforcement

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satisfying through experience, token economy

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Premack principle

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high probability activity can serve as reinforcement for low probability activity

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positive punishment

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adding an unpleasant stimulus as a punishment to decrease behavior

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negative punishment

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pleasant stimulus is removed

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observational learning

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observing and imitating behavior

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four processes in observational learning

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attention, retention, reproduction, reinforcement (ARRR)

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attention

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observer must recognize the distinct features of the modeled response

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retention

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code observation and put it into memory

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reproduction

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capable of producing the behavior

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reinforcement

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incentive for copying behavior

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memory

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retention of info or experience over time

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sensory memory

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detailed, held in sensory form, only held for a brief timee

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rehearsal

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concious repetition of info

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chunking

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group items by category

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elaboration

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create story or rhyme to remember

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imagery

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create a visual picture to remember

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short term memory

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limited duration (30 seconds), limited capacity (7 +-2 items)

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long term

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relatively permanent with unlimited capacity, where true learning occurs

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retrieval

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taking info out of storage

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recall

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retrieve previously learned infor without cues

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recognition

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identify or recognize the previously learned item (multiple choice)

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echoic memory

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auditory or sound

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iconic memory

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visual memory

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serial position effect

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tendency to remember the beginning and the end of a list, but nor as much as the middle

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autobiographical memories

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lifetime periods, personally affected, event specific

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emotional memories

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“flashbulb” memories traumatic events

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decay theory

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passage of time leads to forgetting

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tip-of-the-tongue

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can retrieve some info but not all

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prospective memory

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remembering to do something in the future

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prospective memory content

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what to do

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prospective memory timing

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when to do it

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anterograde amnesia

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inability to store new info and events

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retrograde amnesia

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inability to remember past events

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evolutionary approach

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instincts/patterms of behavior motivation

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motivation

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the force that moves people to behave, think, and feel as they do

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drive reduction theory

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drive/want for something, needs/deprivation, homeostasis

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optimum arousal theory

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motivated to reach optimum state of alertness

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cognitive approach

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rationality, decision making

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extrinsic motivation

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external insentives

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intrinsic motivation

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self-determination, effort, challenge

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social role theory

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gender influences jobs, natural differences, gender roles and stereotypes

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SRP Stage 1

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Excitement

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Excitement Stage

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begins erotic response, several minutes to hours, increased blood flow to privates

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SRP Stage 2

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Plateau

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SRP Stage 3

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Orgasm

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Plateau

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continuation of arousal in first phase, increased blood pressure, breathing, pulse, physical responses finished

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Orgasm

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3-15 seconds, discharge of neuromuscular tension

62
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how many patterns of orgasm do women and men have respectively?

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women=3 men=1

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SRP Stage 4

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Resolution

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Resolution

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blood vessels normal, lasts several minutes to day

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sexual scripts

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stereotypes of how we act sexually

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traditional religious script

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only marital sex, sex is for reproduction and affection

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romantic script

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sex=love, acceptable no matter what

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