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Ap Psych 6
Learning
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| learning | relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience |
| habituation | decreasing response to a stimulus with repeated exposure to it |
| associative learning | learning that certain events occur together |
| classical conditioning | getting used to something |
| operant conditioning | response and consequence |
| acquisition | one initial links a neural stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus |
| high-order conditioning | the conditioned stimulus is paired with a new neural stimulus, creating a second conditioned stimulus |
| extinction | diminishing of a conditioned response |
| spontaneous recovery | reappearance of an extinguished conditioned response |
| generalization | stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus elicits similar responses |
| discrimination | learned ability to distinguish between stimuli |
| learned helplessness | learned when unable to avoid repeated aversive events |
| operant chamber | a chamber that contains a bar or a key that can be manipulated to obtain a reinforcer |
| shaping | guided behavior with reinforcers |
| discriminative stimulus | elicits a response after association with reinforcement |
| positive | adds |
| negative | subtracts |
| fixed | specific |
| variable | unpredictable |
| ratio | number |
| interval | time period |
| latent learning | hidden or symbolic learning |
| cognitive map | mental representation of the layout of one's environment |
| insight | sudden realization of the solution |
| over-justification effect | intrinsic motivation becomes extrinsic motivation |
| social learning | learning by observing others |
| modeling | observing and imitating a specific behavior |
| mirror neurons | fire when performing certain actions or when observing another doing so |
| prosocial effects | positive, constructive, helpful |
| antisocial effects | negative, destructive, unhelpful |
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