A relatively permanent change in behavior acquired through experience
What is learning
100
Process of learning in which the consequences of a response determine the probability that the response will be repeated
What is operant conditioning
100
learning by observing and imitating the behavior of others
What is observational learning
100
one way to give praise
What is eye contact, hugs, rewards, etc.
100
a process of learning that involves the reinforcement ofincreasingly closer approximations of the desired response
What is shaping
200
An acquired or learned response to a conditioned stimulus
What is a Conditioned Response
200
learned reinforcers, such as money, that develop their reinforcing properties because of their association with primary reinforcers
What is secondary reinforcers
200
learning that occurs without the opportunity of the first performing the learned response or being reinforced for it
What is cognitive learning
200
two main ways of putting reinforcement to practice
What is applying reinforcement and giving praise
200
the tendency to differentiate among stimuli so that stimuli that are related to the original conditioned stimulus, but not identical to it… fail to elicit a conditioned response
What is stimulus discrimination
300
The terms for the weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response, and the spontaneous return of a conditioned response following extinction.
What is extinction and spontaneous recovery
300
The for main schedules of reinforcement
What is fixed-ratio, variable-ratio, fixed-interval and variable interval
300
The main psychologist of cognitive learning
What is Wolfgang Kolher
300
helps children develop more appropriate behaviors
What is applying reinforcement
300
Aversions to particular tastes acquires through classical conditioning
What is conditioned taste aversions
400
The tendency for stimuli that are similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit a conditioned response
What is stimulus generalization
400
Thorndike's principle that the responses that have satisfying effects are more likely to recur, while those that have unpleasant effects are less likely to recur
What is Law of Effect
400
A learning method in which complex material is broken down into a series of small steps that learners master at their own pace
What is programmed instruction
400
Can be highly effective reinforcer
What is giving praise
400
A mental representation of an area that helps an organism navigate it's way from one point to another
What is cognitive map
500
Two American psychologists connected to Operant Conditioning
What is Edward Thorndike and B. F Dkinner
500
the process of mentally working through a problem until the sudden realization of a solution occurs