learning
What type of learning is when you learn from watching others?
Observational learning
In classical conditioning, repeated presentations of the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus lead to what?
extinction
The term used for a cultures preferred timing for events like marriage, parenthood and retirement
Social Clock
The term that refers to children having little to no memories before the age of four
infantile amnesia
What schedule of reinforcement do slot machines use?
Variable-Ratio
a mental representation of an environment, allowing an individual to understand spatial relationships and navigate areas.
cognitive map
type of learning in which an organism comes to assoictae stimuli + anticipate events?
classical conditioning
behavior that occurs as an automatic response to some stimulus
respondent behavior
what is the tendency of learned behavior to gradually revert to biological patterns?
instinctive drift
For every twenty cell phones that tom sells, he gets a 50 dollar bonus. The bonuses are an example of which type of reinforcement schedule?
Fixed-Ratio
solving problems through sudden insight; contrasts with strategy based solutions
insight learning
in classical conditioning an orginally neutral stimulus that after association with an unconditioned stimulus comes to trigger a conditioned response.
Conditioned Stimulus
the view tht psychology should be an objectivr science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes
Behaviorism
species having a biological predispotion to learn associations that aid survival
preparedness
What reinforcement schedule reinforces a response only after a specific amount of time has elapsed?
Fixed-interval schedule
learning that certain events occur together. The events may be two stimuli or a response and its consequence
associative learning
a type of learning in which a behavior becomes more likley to recur if followed by a reinforcer or less likley to recur if follwed by a punisher?
operant conditioning
behavior that operates on the environment, producing a consequence
Operant behaviors
What is the primary conflict in the psychosocial theory of development that teenagers need to work through?
Identity vs. Role Confusion
What reinforcement schedule is delivered for the first response after a changing and unpredictable amount of time has passed?
Variable-Interval schedule
The acquisition of mental information from observing events, watching others, or through language
cognitive learning
In experiments in classical conditioning, the dog's salivation to food and a tone was considered what?
Both an unconditioned and conditioned response
what are the eight stages of Erik Erickson's psychological development across the lifespan
achieve trust, autonomy, initiative, competency, identity, intimacy, generativity, and integrity
Knowing that objects continue to exist when they cannot be directly observed or sensed
object permanence
What reinforcement schedule is when the response is reinforced after every time it occurs?
continuous reinforcement schedule