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Unit 6 "Learning" Flashcards

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1
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What’s the reaction to Psychodynamic theory through observable behavior? And who started it?
why do we study observable behavior?

A

Behaviorism
John B. Watson
because it can be tested

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What’s the Psych term for “learning/teaching?

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Conditioning

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Explain “Observable Learning”? and what’s another term for it?

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It's learning through watching others, w/o prior knowledge/ experience 
Another term (Social learning)
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A process of observing and imitating specific behaviors.

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modeling

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Who was Albert Bandura?

Explain ALL about him) (what did he criticize and why?

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Albert Bandura created the Social learning theory.
Did the bobo doll experiment
he criticized behaviorism because it left out thinking.

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Explain Social Learning Theory

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We learn behaviors from watching/ imitating other people or from being rewarded or punished.

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Explain Social Cognitive Theory

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behavior is determined by a combo of our traits and situation

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What are the 2 conditionings? and who mostly contributed/ created them?

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Classical conditioning: Ivan Pavlov

Operant conditioning: Edward Thorndike & B.F Skinner

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Explain Classical Conditioning.

What does it? contain and example

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it’s an involuntary behavior caused by 2 stimuli being paired and causing 1 response.
(UC+ Neutral Stimulus = CS)
training [bell(CS)+ meat(UCS)+ salvation (CR)]= dog thinks there’s meat whenever there’s a bell (CR)

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Explain the components needed in a Classical Conditioning

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Conditioned= learned
Unconditioned= instinct
Neural Stimuli= bell no effect until pared with UC

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it’s an initial stage of learning (start)

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Acquisition

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it’s the loss of the condition response

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extinction

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13
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When the lost conditioned response comes back

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Spontaneous Recovery

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____ organism respond to one stimulus but not the other

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Stimulus discrimination

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____ organism respond w/ CR to a similar stimulus to the CS

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Stimulus generalization

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____ adding a CS by associating it w/ previously learned CS

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Higher-order learning

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17
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Stop eating a certain food due to a bad past experience (getting sick)

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Taste- Aversion (Garcia effect)

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Explain Operant Conditioning.

Who first founded then who continued

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A voluntary behavior that’s gonna is either strengthened or weakened based on the consequences.
Edward Thorndike, B.F Skinner

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What did Edward Thorndike contribute? and explain

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Law of effect: satisfying effect= do it again

dissatisfying effect = not do it again

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What experiment did B.F Skinner do?

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He made an Operant Chamber (skinner box) and trapped the mouse and observed the responses when the mouse learns what’s gonna harm them.

21
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Reinforcement V.s Punishment

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Reinforcement: behavior is strengthened due to good consequences
Punishment: behavior is weakened due to bad consequences

22
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Positive v.s Negative

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P= something is added
N= Something is removed
23
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Positive Reinforcement v.s Negative Reinforcement

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PR= behavior strengthened because something good is being added
NR= behavior strengthened because something bad is removed
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Positive Punishment v.s Negative Punishment

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PP=behavior weakened because something bad is being added

NP= behavior weakened something good is removed

25
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____reinforcement is bit by bit to achieve the desired response

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Shaping

26
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Primary reinforcers v.s Secondary Reinforcers

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P= Food/water
S= anything else we value
27
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What’s a type of reinforcement that reinforces you every time? What’s the good and bad?

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Continuous Reinforcement
G= learn behavior fast
B= not realistic, because it’ll stop one day

28
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What’s a type of reinforcement that reinforces you sometimes? What’s the good?

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Intermittent reinforcement

G= maintaining a behavior

29
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_____ means a long-lasting behavior

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resistance to extinction (durable)

30
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4 components of intermittent reinforcement and definition?

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Interval: based on time
Ratio: based on work
Fixed: always the same
Variable: change based on the situation

31
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Fixed Ratio & Variable Ratio

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FR: reinforcement in a certain quantity
VR: Unpredictable reinforcement, but need to do work

32
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Fixed Interval & Variable Interval

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FI: Reinforcement in a certain time
VI: Unpredictable reinforcement no matter what effort

33
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____ the belief that you control your own destiny/future

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Internal locus of control

34
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____ the belief that everything is fated and you can’t do anything about it

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External locus of control

35
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What are the 2 kinds of motivation? explain

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Intrinsic Motivation: motivation comes within yourself

Extrinsic Motivation: motivation comes from external forces (influence parents, rewards)

36
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____ is retaining info w/o reinforcement or motivation. Who created this?

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Latent Learning by Edward Tolman

37
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Image of the maze inside the rat’s head

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Cognitive map

38
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What did Robert Rescorla contribute?

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Predictive value

39
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____ is understanding immediately the problem/ sudden realization

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Insight Learning

40
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____ trying various ways/ theories to reach the goal

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Trial and error

41
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Every organism understand certain connection/ association because they make sense

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Preparedness

42
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___learns association quicker if they go w/ instincts (only animals)

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Instinctive Drift

43
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Giving up leads to a Lack of internal locus results in _____

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Learned Helplessness

44
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Explain “Behavior modification”

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Process of changing one’s behavior by using reinforcement and punishment.

45
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___- a stimulus that reveals a higher chance of something happening

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discriminative stimulus

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