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Unit 4: Learning Flashcards

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Learning

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The process of acquiring through experience new and relatively enduring information or behaviors

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Habituation

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Decreasing responsiveness with repeated exposure to a stimulus

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Associative Learning

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Learning that certain events occur together. The events may be two stimuli (as in classical conditioning) or a response and its consequence (as in operant conditioning)

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Stimulus

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Any event or situation that evokes a response

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Respondent Behavior

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Behavior that occurs as an automatic response to some stimulus

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Operant Behavior

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Behavior that operates on the environment, producing consequences

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Classical Conditioning

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A type of learning in which we link two or more stimuli; as a result, to illustrate with Pavlov’s classic experiment, the first stimulus ( a tone) comes to elicit behavior (drooling) in anticipation of the second stimulus (food)

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Cognitive Learning

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The acquisition of mental information, whether by observing events, by watching others, or through language

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Behaviorism

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The view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most psychologists today agree with (1) but not with (2)

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Neutral Stimulus (NS)

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In classical conditioning, a stimulus that elicits no response before conditioning

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Unconditioned Response (UR)

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In classical conditioning, an unlearned, naturally occurring response (such as salvation) to an unconditioned stimulus (US) (such as food in the mouth)

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Unconditioned Stimulus (US)

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In classical conditioning, a stimulus that unconditionally – naturally and automatically – triggers an unconditioned response (UR)

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Conditioned Response (CR)

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In classical conditioning, a learned response to a previously neutral (but now conditioned) stimulus (CS)

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Conditioned Stimulus (CS)

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In classical conditioning, an originally neutral stimulus, that after associating with an unconditioned stimulus (US), comes to trigger a conditioned response (CR)

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Acquisition

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In classical conditioning, the initial stage, when one links a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus begins triggering the conditioned response. In operant conditioning, the strengthening of a reinforced response

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Higher-Order Conditioning

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A procedure in which the conditioned stimulus in one conditioning experience is paired with a new neutral stimulus, creating a second (often weaker) conditioned stimulus

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Extinction

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The diminishing of a conditioned response; occurs in classical conditioning when the unconditioned stimulus (US) does not follow a conditioned stimulus (CS); occurs in operant conditioning when a response is no longer reinforced

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Spontaneous Recovery

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The reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response

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Generalization

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The tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimulus similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses

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Discrimination

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(1) in classical conditioning, the learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and similar stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus. (2) in operant conditioning, the ability to distinguish responses that are reinforced for similar responses that are not reinforced.

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Operant Conditioning

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A type of learning in which a behavior becomes more likely to recur if followed by a reinforcer or less likely to recur if followed by a punisher

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Law of Effect

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Thorndike’s principle that behaviors followed by favourable consequences becomes more likely, and that behaviors followed by unfavourable consequences becomes less likely

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Operant Chamber

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In operant conditioning research, a chamber (also known as a Skinner Box) containing a bar or key that an animal can manipulate to obtain a food or water reinforcer; attached devices record the animal’s rate of bar pressing or key pecking

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Reinforcement

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In operant conditioning, any event that strengthens the behavior it follows

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Shaping

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An operant conditioning procedure in which reinforcers guide behavior toward closer and closer approximations of the desired behavior. EX clicker training

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Discriminative Stimulus

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In operant conditioning, a stimulus that elicits a response after association with reinforcement (in contrast to related stimuli not associated with reinforcement)

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Positive Reinforcement

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Increasing behaviors by presenting positive reinforcers. Strengthes (encourages) the response

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Negative Reinforcement

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Increasing behaviors by stopping or removing aversive stimuli. Strengthens (encourages) the response

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Primary Reinforcer

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An innately reinforcing stimulus, such as one that satisfies a biological need

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Conditioned Reinforcement

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A stimulus that gains its reinforcing power through its association with a primary reinforcer; also known as a secondary reinforcer

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Reinforcement Schedule

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A pattern that defines how often a desired response will be reinforced

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Continuous Reinforcement Schedule

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Reinforcing the desired response everytime it occurs

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Partial Reinforcement Schedule

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Reinforcing the desired response every time it occurs

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Partial Reinforcement Schedule

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Reinforcing a response only part of the time; results in slower acquisition of a response but much greater resistance to extinction that does continuous reinforcement

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Fixed-Ratio Schedule

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In operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified number of responses

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Fixed-Interval Schedule

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In operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified time has elapsed

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Variable-Interval Schedule

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In operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response at unpredictable time intervals

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Variable-Ratio Schedule

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In operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response after an unpredictable number of responses

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Punishment

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An event that tends to decease the behavior it follows

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Biofeedback

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A system for electronically recording, amplifying, and feeding back information regarding a subtle physiological state, such as blood pressure or muscle tension

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Preparedness

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A biological predisposition to learn associations, such as between taste and nausea, that have survival value

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Instinctive Drift

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The tendency of learned behavior to gradually revert to biologically predisposed patterns

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Cognitive Map

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A mental representation of the layout of one’s environment. For example, after exploring a maze, rats act as if they have learned a cognitive map of it

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Latent Learning

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Learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate

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Insight

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A sudden realization of a problem’s solution; contrasts with strategy-based solutions

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Intrinsic Motivation

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A desire to perform a behavior effectively for its own sake

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Extrinsic Motivation

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A desire to perform a behavior to receive promised rewards or avoid threatened punishment

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Problem-Focused Coping

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Attempting to alleviate stress directly – by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor

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Emotion-Focused Coping

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Attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to our stress reaction

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Personal Control

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Our sense of controlling our environment rather than feeling helpless

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Learned Helplessness

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The hopelessness and passive resignation an animal or person learns when unable to avoid repeated aversive events

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External Locus of Control

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The perception that chance or outside forces beyond our personal control determine our fate

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Internal Locus of Control

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The perception that we control our own fate

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Self-Control

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The ability to control impulses and delay short-term gratification for greater long-term rewards

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Observational Learning

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Learning by observing others

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Modeling

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The process of observing and imitating a specific behavior

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Mirror Neutrons

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Frontal lobe neurons that some scientists believe fire when we perform certain actions or observe another doing so. The brain’s mirroring of another’s action may enable imitation and empathy

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Prosocial Behavior

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Positive, constructive, helpful behavior. The opposite of antisocial behavior

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Ivan Pavlov

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Conducted studies on classical conditioning with a focus on the association of stimuli

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Edward L. Thorndike

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Created the law of effect, the principle that rewarded behavior is likely to continue

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Edward C. Tolman

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Studied cognitive mapping and latent learning as a cognitive component of operant learning

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John B. Watson

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Conducted the “Little Albert” study, known as a radical behaviorist for his focus on outward behaviors and disregard for thoughts, feelings, and motives

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John Garcia

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Developed the idea of taste aversion, a component of classical conditioning now known as the “Garcia Effect”

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Albert Bandura

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Famous for conducting the Bobo Doll experiment and his theories on social learning

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B.F. Skinner

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Behaviorist who studied operant conditioning and the effect that reinforcement and punishment have on behavior

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