a stimulus or event that follows a response and increase the frequency of that response
What is reinforcement
100
Learning through observation and imitation
What is Observational Learning
100
Quizzing your classmates to study is an example of what studying method?
What is reviewing
100
A type of learning that involves a stimulus-response connection
What is conditioning
200
the disappearance of a conditioned response when an unconditioned stimulus no longer follows a conditioned stimulus
What is Extinction
200
stimuli, such as food or warmth, that have reinforcement value without learning
What is primary reinforcers
200
Violence that people can pick up on from outlets such as t.v. and video games
What is media violence
200
An example of this step in the PQ4R method is singing the "Alphabet song" over and over again until you have it memorized
What is reciting
200
awareness of oneself and one's environment
What is consciousness
300
the tendency to respond in the same way to a stimuli that have similar characteristics
What is Generalization
300
unpleasant stimuli that increases the frequency of behavior when they are removed
What is negative reinforcers
300
being "paid" to act correctly by earning rewards
What is token economics
300
A method of learning that include the 6 steps: previewing, questioning, reading, reflecting, reciting, reviewing
What is the PQ4R method
300
a drug that increases neural activity and speeds up body functions
What are stimulants
400
The reappearance of an extinguished conditioned response after some time has passed
What is Spontaneous Recovery
400
Psychologists don't always approve of this; different from discipline
What is punishment
400
psychologists opposed to B. F. Skinner's behaviorism; interested in what people and animals know because of learning
What are cognitive psychologists
400
Learning something all at once
What is Massed Learning
400
a therapy procedure based on classical conditioning that replaces a negative response to a stimulus with a positive response
What is counterconditioning
500
a type of learning in which a neutral stimulus comes to elicit an unconditional response when that neutral stimulus is repeatedly paired with a stimulus that normally causes an unconditioned response
What is classical conditioning
500
learning that is strengthened when behavior is followed by positive reinforcement
What is operant conditioning
500
Learning that remains hidden until it is needed
What is Latent Learning
500
studying something regularly so the learning is distributed over several days of weeks