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Textbook Flashcards

1
Q

What method of investigation did Descartes use to study himself

A

Introspection

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2
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What is psychophysics?

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The measurement of physical stimuli and their effects

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3
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Webber’s law

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JNDs require greater increases as stimulus intensity increases

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4
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Sucking reflex

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All infants suck when mouth is appropriately stimulated

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5
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Moro-reflex

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Infants startle reflex

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6
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Introceptive conditioning

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Conditions of actions involving glands or involuntary muscles

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7
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Contiguity

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Occurs at the same place and time

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8
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Contingency

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When the occurrence of one event depends on the occurrence of the other

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9
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Is Operant conditioning an example of contiguity or contingency

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Contingency

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10
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Delayed pairing

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(Cs) is presented before the (US) and continues during the presentation of the (US)

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11
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Trace pairing

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The (cs) starts and ends before the (US)

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12
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Backward pairing

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The (US) has already been presented and removed before presentation of the (cs)

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13
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Simultaneous pairing

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The (cs) is presented and removed at the same time as the (US)

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14
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Extinction

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The disappearance of a behaviour when it is not reinforced

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15
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Spontaneous recovery

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The reappearance of a response that had previously been extinct

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16
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What did Watson use as his theory

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Behaviourism

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17
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Transfer

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Also known as stimulus generalization

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18
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Negative transfer

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The interference of previous learning to that of new learning

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19
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Who accounts for one-shot-learning

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Gurthie

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20
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Who accounts for (MPs)

A

Gurthie

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21
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Is MPS contiguity or contingency

A

Contiguity

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22
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Counter-conditioning

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A behaviour modification technique in which you try to condition a desirable response to replace the undesirable one

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23
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Who quoted that he would be able to make anything he wished out of a dozen healthy infants?

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Watson

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24
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Descartes as a dualist

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Believed that even though the mind and body are separate they are in a sense united in the brain

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25
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Changes in disposition are made by

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Motivation

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26
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Pop psychology

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Inaccurate interpretations that are popularized through media

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27
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Characteristics of a good theory:

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Does it summarize and organize the information?
Is it clear and understandable?
Is it useful?
Is it internally consistent?
Is it satisfying and thought provoking?

28
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Steps in a scientific method:

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  1. Ask the question
  2. Develop a hypothesis
  3. Collect relevant observations
  4. Test the hypothesis
  5. Reach and share a conclusion
29
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Experimental vs. Control group

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Experimental: exposed to treatment
Control: not exposed to treatment

30
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Nominal fallacy

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The assumption that naming something explains something (saying a child is mentally disabled and that’s why they can’t learn)

31
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Hawthorne effect

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The behaviour of an individual might change if they know they are being watched

32
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Placebo effect

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The beneficial effects of a treatment that has no actual beneficial effects

33
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Nocebo effect

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A persons belief of negative consequences of a drug increase the likelihood of gloomy effects

34
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What type of andlyzation of behaviour was used within structuralism

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Introspectionism

35
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Behaviourism

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Associated with analyzing observable behaviour

36
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Cognitivism

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A theory associated with cognition: learning, thinking, processing

37
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The law of exercise

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Bonds between stimuli and responses are strengthened through being repeated

38
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Who admitted that they were wrong about the law of exercise

A

Thorndike

39
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Who created the principle of belongingness?

A

Thorndike

40
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Spread of effect (thorndike)

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When a response is followed by a satisfying state, other related responses are affected

41
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Who were contiguity theorists?

A

Watson, Pavlov, gurthie

42
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Who were reinforcement theorists

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Thorndike and B.F Skinner

43
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What is operant conditioning?

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Describes behaviour change as a result of its consequences

44
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Type r

A

Operant conditioning

45
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Type S

A

Classical conditioning

46
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Are our most important behaviours operant or classical according to skinner

A

Operant

47
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Pavlovs harness

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Classical conditioning (salivation manipulation)

48
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Discriminative stimulus

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The features of a situation that on organism can discriminate to distinguish between occasions that might be reinforced or not

49
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Reinforce

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An event that follows a response and that changes the probability of a response occurring

50
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Reinforcement

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The effect of a reinforcer

51
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Negative reinforcer

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An increase in the probability that a response will recur following the elimination of a consequence

52
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Avoidance learning (as a result from punishment)

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Organism will try to avoid the situation

53
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Escape learning (as a result from punishment)

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’ When the organism will try to escape the situation if it previously had a negative consequence

54
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Primary reinforces vs secondary

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Primary: events that are reinforcing without any learning taking place
Secondary: events that become reinforcing after learning occurs

55
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Generalized reinforcer

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A reinforcer that appears to reinforce a wide variety of behaviours

56
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Superstitious schedule of reinforcement

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Reinforcement occurs at a fixed time interval no matter what the organism is doing (behaviour there or not)

57
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Progressive ratio schedule

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The organism needs to increase their behaviour drastically to get a reinforcement

58
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Forgetting vs extinction
What is a slower process?

A

Forgetting

59
Q

A powerful reinforcement tools in humans

A

Money

60
Q

Hernstein’s matching law

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In a choice situation, an organisms response is guided by the probability of reinforcement

61
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Shaping

A

Reinforcing responses that are closer to the desired behaviour

62
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What is MPs also sometimes called

A

Chaining

63
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Chaining

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The inking of a sequence of responses

64
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Fading

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Certain aspects of a stimulus gradually fade until they are not present

65
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Aversive control

A

The use of unpleasant contingencies

66
Q

What is corporal punishment?

A

Physical punishment

67
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Counter-conditioning

A

Undesirable responses are replaced with a more acceptable one

Psych 2GG3 Test 1 (10 decks)

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