Classical Conditioning

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unconditioned stumulus

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(UCS)
a naturallly occurring stimuls that leads to an involuntary response.

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behavior modification

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to use operant conditioning techniques to bring about desired changes in behavior.

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token economy

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type of behavior modification in which desired behacior is rewarded with tokens.

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applied behavior analysis

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(ABA)
modern term from a form of behavior modification that uses shaping techniques to mold a desired behavior or response.

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biofeed back

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the use of feedback about biological conditions to bring involuntary responses such as blood pressure and relaxation under voluntary control.

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neurofeedback

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from of biofeedback using brain-scanning devices to provide in an effort ot modify behavior.

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latent learning

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learning that remains hidden until its application becomes useful.

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learned helplessness

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the tendency to fail to act to escape from a situations b/c of a history of repeated failures in the past.

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insight

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the sudden perception of relationships among various parts of a problem, allowing the solution to the problem to come quick.

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observational learning

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learning new behavior by watching a model perform that behavior.

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learing/performance distinction

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referrring to the observation that learning can take place w/o actual performance of the learned behavior.

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memory

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an active system that recieves info. from the senses, organizes and alters it as it stores it away, and then retrieves the information from storage.

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encoding

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the set of mentl operations that people perform on sensory info. to convert that info. into a form that is usable in teh brain's storage systems.

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storage

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holding onto info. for some period of time.

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retrieval

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getting info. that is in storage into a form that can be used.