Ch 8 Vocabulary Test
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| A. the view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes; most research psychologists today agree with (1) and not with (2)B. a desire to perform a behavior for its own sake and to be effectiveC. frontal lobe neurons that fire when performing certain actions or when observing another doing so; the brain's mirroring of another's action may enable imitation, language learning, and empathyD. reinforcing a response only part of the time; results in slower acquisition of a response but much greater resistance to extinction than does continuous reinforcement E. in classical conditioning, the learned ability to distinguished between a conditioned stimulus and other stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulusF. reinforcing that desired response every time it occurs G. in operant conditioning, a schedule of reinforcement that reinforces a response only after a specified time has elapsedH. in classical conditioning, the learned response to a previously neutral conditioned stimulus (CS)I. in operant conditioning, a schedule of reinforcement that reinforces a response only after a specified number of responsesJ. in classical conditioning, the unlearned, naturally occurring response to the unconditioned stimuli (UCS), such as salivation when food is in the mouthK. the process by which certain animals form attachments during a critical period very early in life L. the effect of promising a reward for doing what one already likes to do; the person may now see the reward, rather than intrinsic interest, as the motivation for performing the taskM. the diminishing of a conditioned response; occurs in classical conditioning when an unconditioned stimulus (UCS) does not follow a conditioned stimulus (CS); occurs in operant conditioning when a response is no longer reinforcedN. an event that decreases the behavior that it followsO. in classical conditioning, an originally irrelevant stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus (UCS), comes to trigger a conditioned responseP. a type of learning in which an organism comes to associate stimuli; a neutral stimulus that signals an unconditioned stimulus (UCS) begins to produce a response that anticipates and prepares for the unconditioned stimulusQ. the process of observing and imitating a specific behaviorR. a relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience S. a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisherT. learning that certain events occur together; the events may be two stimuli (as in classical conditioning) or a response and its consequences (as in operant conditioning) |
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