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Classical Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
People
Vocab 2
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when reinforcers guide behavior toward closer and closer approximations of a desired goal
What is shaping
100
Robert had a serious car accident while Mozart was playing on his stereo. Now, every time Robert hears a Mozart song, he feels frightened and panicked. What is the unconditioned stimulus? A) the car accident B) Robert’s fear and anxiety C) The music D) driving a car
What is A) the car accident
100
Operant Conditioning Chamber
What is Skinner Box
100
Ivan Pavlov's experiment
What is studied the digestion of dogs - learned behaviors
100
an aversive consequence that follows a voluntary behavior, decreasing the probability the behavior will be repeated
What is punishment
200
the tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses
What is generalization
200
Tara normally feeds her cat canned cat food. She noticed that every time she uses her electric can opener, her cat comes to the kitchen. What is the conditioned stimulus? A) the cat food B) the sound of the electric can opener C) the cat coming to the kitchen D) Tara
What is B) the sound of the electric can opener
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anything that Increases a behavior
What is reinforcer
200
The baby in Watson's experiment
What is Little Albert
200
the desire to preform a behavior to avoid punishment or to get a reward.
What is extrinsic motivation
300
Any event that strengthens the behavior it follows
What is reinforcer
300
When a child hears a loud noise, he cries. The family's dog often barks loudly. Each time the child sees the dog, he cries. What is the conditioned response? A) the dog B) the loud noise C) the crying D) the barking
What is C) the crying
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Escape Learning and Avoidance Learning
What is the two types of Negative Reinforcement
300
a student who worked for Watson
What is Mary Cover Jones
300
the desire to preform behavior for its own sake
What is intrinsic motivation
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In classical conditioning, the learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus
What is discrimination
400
Jake developed a fear of dogs after being attacked by one. His counselor helped him to overcome this fear by teaching him to relax in the presence of dogs. Eventually, he was no longer afraid of dogs. Which of the following processes occurred? A) extinction B) spontaneous recovery C) discrimination D) counterconditioning
What is B) spontaneous recovery.
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Removal of something pleasant
What is Negative Punishment
400
Locked cats in a cage to observe their behavior changes
What is Edward Thorndike
400
a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished followed by a punisher
What is operant conditioning?
500
the view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes
What is behaviorism
500
You have trained your dog to bark on command by giving her rawhides when she is successful. However, you quit giving her the rawhides when she barks and you find that eventually she will not bark on command. What has occurred? A) discrimination B) extinction C) counterconditioning D) secondary reinforcement
What is C) counterconditioning
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Things we've learned to value
What is Secondary Reinforcer
500
Best known for their work in Operant Conditioning
What is B.F. Skinner
500
the hopelessness and passive resignation an animal or human learns when unable to avoid repeated aversive events
What is learned helplessness