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Psychology Exam 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the two kinds of conditioning? | Classical and Operant |
| Who is associated with classical conditioning? | Pavlov |
| Who is associated with operate conditioning? | BF Skinner |
| What is Unconditioned Response? | Automatic Reflex |
| What is Conditioned Response? | Learned Response |
| What is a Neutral Stimulus? | No Response |
| What are the 3 things to know about conditioning? | 1. conditioning happens to everyone 2. occurs without awareness 3. it is continuous |
| What is habituation? | When you get used to any stimulus |
| What is extinction? | when a behavior is no longer reinforced every time it occurs. |
| What is discrimination? | responding appropriately to stimuli that signal that behavior or will be reinforced |
| What is generalization? | performing a reinforced behavior in a different situation |
| What is decay theory? | when we learn something new, but over time this trace disintegrates |
| Who conditioned Albert with the white rabbit? | Watson and Rayner |
| What is episodic memory? | the retention of information about the where when and what of life's happenings |
| What is semantic memory? | a person's knowledge about the world |
| What is the law of effect? | Behaviors followed by satisfying outcomes are strengthened and behaviors followed by frustrating outcomes are weakend |
| What is explicit memory? | the conscious recollection of information, such as specific facts and events |
| What is working memory? | a combination of components, including short term memory and attention that allow us to hold information temporarily as we perform cognitive tasks |
| What is shaping? | rewarding successive approximations of desired behavior |