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Psych Unit 6B Vocab

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Definition
Associative learning   Learning that certain events occur together  
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Classical conditioning   Learning where we link two or more stimuli  
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Behaviorism   The view that psych is objective and studies behavior without mental processes  
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Ivan Pavlov   The og behaviorist with a bell  
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Unconditioned Response (UR)   An unconditioned, naturally occurring response  
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Unconditioned Stimulus (US)   A stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a UR  
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Conditioned Stimulus (CS)   An originally neutral stimulus that triggers a CR  
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Conditioned Response (CR)   A learned response to a previously natural stimulus  
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Acquisition   Initial learning of the stimulus-response relationship  
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Higher-order conditioning   When the stimulus becomes a CS without a US  
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Extinction   The diminishing of a conditioned response  
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Spontaneous recovery   The reappearance of a CR after a pause  
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Generalization   The tendency to respond to stimuli similar to the CS  
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Discrimination   The learned ability to distinguish between a CS and irrelevant stimuli  
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Counterconditioning   Conditioning someone to change their response  
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One-Trial Conditioning   States learning occurs in a single pairing not strengthened over time through repeated exposure  
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Biological Preparedness   The idea that organisms are predisposed to learning associations  
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Habituation   The process of growing accustomed to a situation or stimulus  
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Operant conditioning   When behavior is increased following a reinforcer  
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B.F. Skinner   Big behaviorist and operant conditioner  
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Thorndike’s law of effect   Rewarded behavior recurs, punished does the opposite  
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Operant chamber   A box with a way to obtain something and devices to record how many times something was obtained  
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Reinforcement   Any event that strengthens a preceding response  
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Shaping   Guiding behavior toward the desired behavior  
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Positive reinforcement   Increasing behavior through positive reinforcers  
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Negative reinforcement   Increasing behavior by stopping negative stimuli  
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Primary reinforcers   An innately reinforcing stimulus  
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Secondary reinforcers   A stimulus that gains power through association with a primary reinforcer  
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Continuous reinforcement   Reinforcing desired response each occurance  
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Partial reinforcement schedules   Reinforcing a response only part of the time  
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Fixed-ratio schedules   Reinforces behavior after a set number of responses  
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Variable-ratio schedules   Provides reinforcers after a seemingly unpredictable number of responses  
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Fixed-interval schedules   Reinforces response after a specified time  
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Variable-interval schedules   Reinforces response at unpredictable time intervals  
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Reinforcement Discrimination   Reinforcing in presence of one stimulus but not others  
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Reinforcement Generalization   When reinforced behavior also exhibits in similar contexts  
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Learned Helplessness   Behavior after enduring repeated aversive stimuli beyond someone's control  
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Punishment   An event that tends to decrease behavior it follows  
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Positive punishment   Administer an aversive stimulus  
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Negative punishment   Withdraw a rewarding stimulus  
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Instinctive drift   Tendency of learned behavior to revert to biological predispositions  
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Cognitive map   Mental representation of the layout of one's environment  
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Latent learning   Learning that doesn't appear until there's incentive to demonstrate it  
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Insight Learning   Immediate and clear learning or understanding  
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Observational learning   Learning by observing others  
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Modeling   The process of observing and imitating behavior  
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Vicarious Conditioning   Learning through observing others' responses  
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Theory of mind   The capacity to understand that others think their own thoughts  
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Social Learning Theory   Suggests social behavior is learned by observing and imitating the behavior of others  
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