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Extinction |
in classical conditioning, the reduction of a CR by repeating the CS without the US; in instrumental conditioning, the reduction of a behavioral tendency by removing reinforcement. |
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Generalization |
responding in a similar manner to somewhat different stimuli. |
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negative reinforcement |
the removal of an aversive stimuli |
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systematic desensitization |
a therapeutic procedure intended to extinguish fear. |
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vicarious reinforcement |
an event in which a reinforcement experienced by someone else has a reinforcing effect on your own behavior. |
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Conditions of worth |
contingencies placed on positive regard. |
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existential guilt |
a sense of guilt over failing to fulfill all of your possibilities |
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peak experience |
a subjective experience of intense self-actualization |
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self-actualization |
a process of growing in ways that maintain or enhance the self |
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unconditional positive regard |
acceptance and affection with "no strings attached" |
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automatic thoughts |
self-related internal dialogue the often interferes with behavior |
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cognitive triad |
negative patterns of thinking about the self, the world, and the future |
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mirror neurons |
neurons that are active both when perceiving an action and when doing the action. |
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prototype |
the representation of a category in terms of the best member of the category. |
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schema |
an organization of knowledge in memory |
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comparator |
a mechanism that compares two values to each other |
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feedback hierarchy |
an organization of feedback loops, in which superordinate loops act by providing reference values to subordinate loops |
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homeostasis |
regulation around a constant, steady state |
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means-end analysis |
the process of creating a plan to attain an overall goal (end) by breaking it into successively more concrete goals (means) |
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negative feedback loop |
a self-regulating system that maintains conformity to some comparison value. |
