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Psychology Exam 2
Question | Answer |
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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 |