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Unit Five: Learning Flashcards

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Learning

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the process of acquiring new and relatively enduring information or behaviors

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Habituates

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make or become accustomed or used to something

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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 consequences (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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Conditioning

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process of learning associations

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Classical conditioning

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we learn to associate two stimuli and thus to anticipate events

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Operant conditioning (what we associate)

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we learn to associate a response (our behavior) and its consequence. Thus we (and other animals) learn to repeat acts followed by good results and avoid acts followed by bad results

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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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Observational learning

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one form of cognitive learning, lets us learn from others’ experiences

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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 research psychologists today agree with (1) but not with (2)

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Ivan Pavlov

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classical conditioning

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John B. Watson

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psychology should be an objective science based on observable behavior (behaviorism)

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Neutral stimuli (NS)

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events that an animal can see or hear but do not associate with any event

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Unconditioned response (UR)

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in classical conditioning, an unlearned, naturally occurring response (such as salivation) 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 a 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 irrelevant stimulus that, after association 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. For example, an animal that has learned that a tone predicts food might then learn that a light predicts the tone and begin responding to the light alone. (Also called second-order conditioning.)

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Extinction

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the diminishing of a conditioned response; occurs in classical conditioning when an 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 stimuli 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 stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus. (2) in social psychology, unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group and its members

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Respondent behavior

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actions that are automatic responses to a stimulus (such as salivating in response to meat powder and later in response to a tone)

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Operant conditioning (strengthened/diminished)

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operant conditioning: a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher

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Law of effect (scientist)

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Thorndike’s principle that behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely, and that behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences become 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

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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. A positive reinforcer is any stimulus that, when presented after a response, strengthens the response

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Negative reinforcement

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increasing behaviors by stopping or reducing negative stimuli. A negative reinforcer is any stimulus that, when removed after a response, strengthens the response. (Note: Negative reinforcement is not punishment.)

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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 reinforcer

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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

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reinforcing the desired response every time it occurs

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Partial (intermittent) reinforcement

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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 than 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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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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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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Punishment

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an event that tends to decrease the behavior that it follows

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Positive punishment

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administer an adverse stimulus (spray of water)

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Negative punishment

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withdraw a rewarding stimulus (take away licence)

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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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John Garcia

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radiation rats, rats respond only to a taste that “triggered illness” and can do so after a long delay

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Instinctive drift

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animals trained to do a task (such as pigs returning dollars) will revert to their biologically predisposed patterens, Brelands

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Expectation

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an awareness of how likely it is that the US will occur, Rescorla and Wagner

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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, Tolman and Honzik

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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 solution

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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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Overjustification

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overuse of bribes—leading people to see their actions as externally controlled rather than internally appealing

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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 one’s stress reaction

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Learned helplessness

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the hopelessness and passive resignation an animal or human learns when unable to avoid repeated averse events, Seligman

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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 you control your 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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Modeling

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the process of observing and imitating a specific behavior

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Mirror neurons

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frontal lobe (motor neurons) neurons that some scientists believe fire when performing certain actions or when observing another doing so. The brain’s mirroring of another’s action may enable imitation and empathy

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Bandura

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Bobo doll-observational learning

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Gender role

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a set of expected behaviors for males or for females

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Role

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a set of expectations (norms) about a social position, defining how those in the position ought to behave

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Gender identity

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our sense of being male or female

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Social learning theory

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the theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating and by being rewarded or punished

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Gender typing

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the acquisition of a traditional masculine or feminine role

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Transgender

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an umbrella term describing people whose gender identity or expression differs from that associated with their birth sex

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