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u6 vocab

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learning   process of acquiring new and relatively enduring info or behaviors  
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habituation   an organism’s decreasing response to a stimulus w/ repeated exposure to it  
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associative learning   learning that certain events occur together, events may be 2 stimulus (classical conditioning) or a response and its consequences  
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stimulus   any event or situation that evokes a response  
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cognitive learning   acquisition of mental info, whether by observing events, by watching others, or through language  
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classical conditioning   a type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimulus and anticipate events  
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behaviorism   views that psychology should be an objective science, studies behavior w/o reference to mental processes- most agree w/ the first and not the secon  
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neural stimulus   classical conditioning, stimulus elicits no response before conditioning  
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unconditioned response (UR)   in classical conditioning- an unlearned, naturally occurring response to an unconditioned response  
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unconditioned stimulus (US)   in classical conditioning- stimuli’s that unconditionally, naturally and automatically, triggers a response  
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conditioned response (CR)   in classical conditioning- an originally irrelevant that, after association w/ an US comes to trigger a CR  
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acquisition   in classical conditioning, the initial state, linking neural stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus to the neural stimulus begins triggering the conditioned response in operant conditioning, the strength ig of a reinforced response  
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higher-order conditioning   conditioned stimulus in one conditioning experience is paired w/ a new neural stimulus= creating a second conditioned stimulus  
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extinction   diminishing of a conditioned response classical conditioning when an US does not follow a CS; occurs in operant conditioning when a response is no longer reinforced  
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spontaneous recovery   the reappearance after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response  
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generalization   the tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for a stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses  
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discrimination   in classical conditioning, the learned ability to distinguish between a CS and stimuli that do not signal an US  
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operant conditioning   a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher  
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law of effect   thorndike’s principle that behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely, behaviors followed by unfavorable become less likely  
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operant chamber   in operant conditioning research, chamber conditioning a bar or key that an animal can manipulate to obtain reinforcer; attached devices record the animal’s rate of bar pressing or key pecking  
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reinforcement   in operant conditioning, any event that strengthens the behavior it follows  
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shaping   an operant conditioning procedure in which reinforcers guide behavior toward closer and closer approximations of desired behavior  
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discriminant stimulus   in operant conditioning, stimulus that elicits a response after association w/ reinforcement  
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positive reinforcement   increasing behaviors by presenting positive reinforcers, a positive reinforcer is any stimulus that, when presented after a response, strengthens the response  
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negative reinforcement   increasing behaviors by stopping or reinforcing negative stimuli, a negative reinforcer is any stimuli that, when removed after a response, strengthens the response  
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primary reinforcer   an innately reinforcing stimulus, such as one that satisfies a biological need  
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conditioned reinforcer “secondary reinforcer”   a stimulus that gains its reinforcing power through its association with a primary reinforcer  
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reinforcement schedule   a pattern that defines how often a desired response will be reinforced  
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partial (intermittent) reinforcement   reinforcing a response only part of the time; results in slower acquisition of a response but much greater resistance to extinction  
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fixed-ratio schedule   in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified # of responses  
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variable-ratio schedule   reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response after an unpredictable # of responses  
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fixed-interval schedule   a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response after a specified time has elapsed  
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variable- interval schedule   a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response at unpredictable time intervals  
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punishment   an event that sends to decrease the behavior it follows  
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biofeed balk(?)   a system for electronically recording, amplifying, and feeding back into regarding a subtle physiological state, such as blood pressure or muscle tension  
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respondent behavior   behavior that occurs as an automatic response to some stimulus  
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operant behavior   behavior that operates on the environment, producing consequences  
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cognitive map   a mental representation of the layout of one’s env.  
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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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extrinsic motivation   a desire to perform a behavior to receive promised rewards to to avoid threatened punishments  
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insight   a sudden realization of a problem’s solution  
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intrinsic motivation   a desire to perform a behavior effectively for its own sake  
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coping   alleviating stress using emotional, cognitive, or behavioral methods  
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problem-focused coping   attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to one’s stress reaction  
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emotion-focused coping   attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to one’s stress reaction  
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learned helplessness   the hopelessness and passive resignation and passive resignation an animal or human learned when unable to avoid repeated aversive events  
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external locus of control   the perception that chance or outside focus beyond our personal control determine over fate  
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internal locus of control   the perception that you control your own fate  
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self-control   ability to control indulgences and delay short-tern gratification for greater long-term rewards  
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observational learning   learning by observing others- social learning  
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modeling   process of observing and imitating a specific behavior  
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mirror neurons   frontal lobe neurons that some scientists believe fire when performing certain actions or when observing another do so- may enable imitation and empathy  
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pro social behavior   positive, constructive, helpful behavior- opposite of anti social behavior  
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