Flashcards
Behaviorist Psychology
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- 1Latent Content DreamsUnderlying Memory
- 2LearningLearn by association - Minds link things together that occur in sequence
Associative Learning - Learning that 2 events occur together
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"Change in behavior through experience" - 3Classical ConditioningOrganisms "associate" two things together through acquisition
- 4Operant ConditioningBehavior is strengthened
- 5Observational LearningLearning through observing others
- 6Behaviorism-John B. Watson
-Psychology is an objective science
-Study behavior with only observable processes - 7Ivan Pavlov-Russian Psychiatrist
-Nobel Prize Winner
Studied drool (digestive secretions) - 8Conditioned Stimulus (CS)An irrelevant stimulus that triggers a response (the bell)
- 9Unconditioned ResponseWhat you would normally do
(Blink when you sneeze) - 10ExtinctionDiminishing of a Conditioned Response
(Overtime of untriggered responses) - 11Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)Stuff that normally triggers a response from you
(Air blowing in your face, you blink) - 12Spontaneous RecoveryReappearance of a CR after a rest period of an extinguished CR
- 13DiscriminationThe ability to distinguish between a CS and irrelevant stimuli
- 14ReinforcementAny event that encourages behavior
- 15Positive ReinforcementReinforcement with an added stimuli
- 16Negative ReinforcementReinforcement with a stimuli taken away (usually an unfavorable stimuli)
- 17PunishmentEvent that works to reduce the frequency of an event
- 18Primary ReinforcersInnately reinforcing stimulus
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(Food, Sex, etc.) - 19Secondary (conditioned) ReinforcersStimulus that gains strength through association with primary reinforcers
- 20Fixed Ratio ScheduleReinforcing a response after a specific number of responses occur
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Punch Card - 21Fixed Interval ScheduleReinforcing a response only after a certain time has passed
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Paycheck - 22Variable Ratio ScheduleReinforces a response after an unpredictable number of responses
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Gambling - 23Variable Interval ScheduleReinforces a response at unpredictable time intervals
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Ranew's Pop Quiz - 24Latent LearningLearning that occurs but is only used when there's an incentive to demonstrate
- 25Cognitive MapMental representation of the layout of ones environment
- 26Over justification EffectThe detrimental effect of promising a reward for doing what one already likes to do
- 27Albert BanduraObservational Behaviorist
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Bobo doll - 28Circadian RhythmSleep cycle
- 29Insomniainability to sleep (extreme case, consistent not just one night)
- 30NarcolepsyFalling asleep at random times
- 31SSleepwalking
- 32AcquisitionMaking a neutral stimulus a conditioned stimulus
- 33HypnosisA person suggests to another a perception, feeling, thought, or behavior that spontaneously occurs
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- Important terms related to the behaviorism perspective
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- Asad Noman · Jul 2016
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