Module 26
is the appearance of a formerly extinguished response, following a rest period.
what is Spontaneous recovery?
Definition of variable-ratio schedule
What is in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response after an unpredictable number of responses.
Operant behavior?
What is behavior that operates on the environment, producing consequences
Definition of insight
What is a sudden realization of a problem’s solution?
attempting to alleviate stress directly—by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor.
What is problem-focused coping?
Explain cognitive learning
What is how we acquire mental information that guides our behavior.
Describe the conditioning term:
Pet a dog that comes when you call it; pay the person who paints your house.
What is positive reinforcement?
Respondent behavior?
What is behavior that occurs as an automatic response to some stimulus?
What is self-control?
What is the ability to control impulses and delay short-term gratification for longer-term rewards?
a desire to perform a behavior effectively for its own sake.
What is intrinsic motivation?
The work of Ivan Pavlov and John Watson fits best into which of psychology’s perspectives?
What is behaviorism?
Definition of Operant Conditioning
What is a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher?
Response of classical conditioning; operant conditioning
What is Involuntary, automatic? What is Voluntary, operates on environment?
learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it.
What is latent learning?
A form of cognitive learning, lets us learn from others’ experiences.
What is observational learning?
a type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events.
What is Classical Conditioning?
defines how often a response will be reinforced
What is reinforcement schedule?
How do you build self-control?
What is you need to reinforce your own desired behaviors and extinguish the undesired ones?
The perception that we control our own fate is also
called what?
What is internal locus of control?
in operant conditioning, any event that strengthens the behavior it follows.
What is reinforcement?
What is learning, and what are some basic forms of learning?
What is the process of acquiring new and relatively enduring information or behaviors.
associative learning, classical conditioning, operant conditioning, cognitive learning
What best describes a discriminative stimulus?
Something that elicits a response after association
with a reinforcer
Steps of self improvement/self control
What is
1. State your goal in measurable terms, and announce it?
2. Monitor how often you engage in your desired behavior?
3. Reinforce the desired behavior?
4. Reduce the rewards gradually?
alleviating stress using emotional, cognitive, or behavioral methods.
What is coping?
Explain two differences between classical and operant conditioning.
What is
Classical conditioning involves involuntary responses, but operant conditioning involves voluntary responses?
In classical conditioning, the learner associates two events (a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus). In operant conditioning, the learner associates a behavior with a consequence?