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Chapter 7- Learning

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Classical conditioning   learning through association, a tendency to connect events that occur together in time and space.  
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Ivan Pavlov   Russian Psychologist who discovered conditioning on accident; was just measuring the saliva in dogs.  
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Unconditioned Stimuli (UCS)   A stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response.  
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Unconditioned Response (UCR)   The unlearned, naturally occurring response to the UCS.  
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Neutral Stimulus (NS)   An unrelated stimulus that will become the conditioned stimulus.  
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Conditioned Response   The learned response to a previously neutral stimulus.  
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Acquisition   The phase in which the neutral stimulus (NS) is associated with the UCS so that the NS comes to evoke a conditioned response.  
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Extinction   The diminishing of a conditioned response; occurs when an unconditioned stimulus (UCS) is no longer paired with the CS *Can sometimes be permanent*  
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Spontaneous Recovery   The reappearance of an extinguished conditioned response after a rest period.  
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Generalization   The tendency, once a response has been conditioned for stimuli similar to the CS to elicit similar responses.  
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Discrimination   The learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and other stimuli that does not signal UCS.  
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Cognitive Processes of Classical conditioning   Humans are also involved in classical conditioning, but it does not work as well because we are intelligent. Thought processes make it harder.  
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Biological predispositions of classical conditioning   An animal's capacity for conditioning is constrained by it's biology.  
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John Garcia studies   Tried to change taste, sight, or sound of water to rats. Worked with taste but not sights or sounds.  
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Operant Conditioning   A type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by reinforcement or diminished if followed by punishment.  
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Positive reinforcement   Strengthens a behavior by adding a stimulus to the environment after a response. *Adding something you like*  
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Negative reinforcement   Strengthens a behavior by removing an aversion stimuli. *Taking away something that you do not like*  
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Positive Punishment   Decreasing a behavior by adding a stimulus after a response. *Adding something that you don't like*  
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Negative Punishment   Decreasing a behavior by removing a stimulus *Taking away something that you like*  
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Thorndike's Law of Effect   Behavior followed by favorable consequences becomes more likely; behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences become less likely.  
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Skinner box   A chamber containing a bar that an animal can manipulate to obtain food or water reinforcement;devices are attached to record the animal's rate of bar pressing.  
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Shaping   An operant conditioning procedure in which reinforcers guide behavior toward closer and closer approximations of a desired goal.  
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Primary reinforcer   An innately reinforcing stimulus, such as one that satisfies a biological need.  
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Conditioned (secondary) reinforcer   Conditioned reinforcer, a stimulus that gains its reinforcing power through its association with the primary reinforcer.  
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Cognitive map   A mental representation of the layout of one's enviornment.  
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Latent learning   Learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it.  
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Over-justification effect   The effect of promising a reward for doing what one already likes to do.  
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Cognitive processes of operant conditioning   Animals on a fixed-interval reinforcement schedule respond more frequently as the time gets closer to the reinforcer. *Expectations*  
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Biological predispositions of operant conditioning   It is easier to reinforce behavior normally associated with their natural behaviors.  
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Continuous reinforcement   Reinforcing the desired response every time it occurs.  
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Partial reinforcement   Reinforcing a response only part of the time.  
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Fixed-ratio   A schedule that reinforces a response only after a specific number of responses.  
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Variable-ratio   A schedule that reinforces a response only after an unpredictable number of responses.  
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Fixed-interval   A schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified time has elapsed.  
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Variable-interval   A schedule that reinforces a response at unpredictable time intervals.  
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Modeling   Learning by observing and imitating the behavior of others.  
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Prosocial behavior   Positive, constructive, and helpful behavior. Most effective when actions and words are consistent.  
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Antisocial behavior   Negative, destructive, and hurtful behavior.  
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Albert Bandura's Bobo doll study   Demostrates the power of observational learning.  
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