Behavioral 1

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ontology

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study of whats real vs. what is all perception

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epistemology

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how we know or learn something

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variables

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anything that can be measured

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functional analysis

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what function a behavior accomplishes

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operationalization

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defining how you will measure something

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independant variable

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variables in the environment, what we control, input

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dependant variable

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output

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operational definitions

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measurable, in specified units

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functional (causal) relationship

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can only be inferred when we manipulate a variable

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stimulus

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any event that can potntially influence a behavior

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response

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a behavior

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eliciting stimulus

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elicits a reflexive response

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discriminative stimulus

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not reflexive, a signaling stimulus

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consequence stimulus

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happens after a behavior, result of a specific behavior

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overt response

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public

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covert response

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private

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appetitive

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things we work towards

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aversive

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things we work to avoid

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establishing operations

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changes the salience of reinforcers, happens before a response

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correlation

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shared variability, direct or inverse, strength of relationship, linear or curvilinear

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causation

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proximal (schedule of reinforcement, cause of event), distal underlying reason for descriptive laws, natural selection)

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contiguity

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closeness, spatial (space), temporal (time)

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contingency

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predictive relationship

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classical conditioning

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certain inborn behaviors come to be produced in new situations

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operant conditioning

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strengthening or weakening of a behavior as a result of its consequence

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aristotle

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empirisist

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plato

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nativist

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descartes

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mind-body dualism

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british empiricists

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all knowledge is a function of experience

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titchener

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structuralism: determine the structure of the mind by identifying the elements that compose it

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william james

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fuctionalism: study of adaptive processes

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john watson

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behaviorism: observe behavior and environmental evnts

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law of parsimony

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prefer simple explanations

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watsons methodological behaviorism

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only study behaviors that can be directly observed

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hulls neobehaviorism

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uses hypothosized physiological processes to help explain behaivior

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tolman's cognitive behaviorism

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uses hypothosized cognitives processes to explain behavior

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bandura's social learning theory

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emphasizes observational learning and cognitive variables in explaining behavior

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skinners radical behavioralism

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views thoughts and feelings as behaviors, emphasizes the effect of the environment