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How does behavioral psychologist define learning?
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Relativity permanent change in behavior that rises from practice and experience.
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How does cognitive psychologist define learning?
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A mental change that may not be associated with changes in behavior
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Give an example of classical conditioning
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When humans salivate after they have taken a bite out a cake
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u.s
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parents leaving
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C.S
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Aleshia arriving
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U.R
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crying when Tashes parents leaving
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C.R
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Tosha crying when she sees Aleshia arrive
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the tendency for a conditioned response to be evoked by stimuli that are similar to the original CS
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generalization
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Adaptive conditioned response in which an organism will avoid a potentially harmful food after a single exposure
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taste aversions
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The tendency for an organism to elicit a CR to only a narrow range of stimuli
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discrimintion
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A process by with CSs lose the ability to elicit CRS because the CSs are no longer assiciated with US
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extincton
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A procedure for reduction of fears in which a stimulus is brought gradually closer to a subject while they engage in some pleasant activities
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counterconditioning
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when sam becomes a salivate to bells which sound similar to a dinner bell-----has occured
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Generalization
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What happens when sam learns to tell the difference between the dinner bell and other bells
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discrimintion
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How is Operant Conditioning different from Classical Conditioning?
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Classical-we lern to associate stimuli so that a simple response made to one stimuli is then made in response to others.
Operant- organs learn how to do things because the consequences of there behavior |
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When should a time out be used?
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When one wants to avoid reinforces misbehavior
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Schedule of reinforcement that a piecemeal worker is on when they are told that they will be paid for every 5 items they produce.
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Fixed ratio schedule
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Aversive events that suppress or decrease the frequency of the behavior they follow
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punishments
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A method of learning that assumes that any complex task can be broken down into a number of smaller steps
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shaping
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Conditioning in which every response is followed by reinforcment
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continuous reinforcement
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Based on the principles of operant conditioning this method trains individuals to gain control of autonomic functions such as blood pressure or control over muscle
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variable ratio schedule
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Methods of learning in which teachers are taught to pay attention to children when they are behaving appropriately
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Behavior Modification
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How is observational learning different from classical or operant conditioning
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Its not mechanically acquired through reinforcements we can learn through observation with out engaging in over response at all
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We can learn to become sick or shut down our immunity system
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True
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Learning=behavior+
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consequences
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Why cant the experiments of Watson be repeated today
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He used human infant. Today we have strict guidelines on patients being used
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What is operant conditioning based on?
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consequences
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List 3 concepts that development psychologist are interested in
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1.effects of genetic factors
2.early interactions with parents and siblings. 3.The school and community on traits such as aggression and intelligence |
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Why is rooting necessary for newborns?
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Its important cuz thats how they get there food
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How do behaviorists and maturational Theorist views differ in development changes?
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B-view development as manly continuous process
M-say you change dramatically at a certain time in your life |
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During what stage do children's own set of values develop?
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Concrete operatinal stage
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Responding to a new stimulus through a reflex or existing habit
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assimulation
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The belief that environmental events like rain and thunder are human inventions
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artificialism
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The realization that objects removed from sight still exist
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object permanence
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The stage of cognitive development in which children show the beginnings of the capacity for adult logic
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concrete operatinal
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Stage of attachment characterized by intensified dependence on the primary caregiver
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clear-cut attachment
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type of attachment demonstrated when infants show sever signs of distress when the mother leaves but alternately clings and pushes her away when she returns
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ambivalent/ resistant attachment
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type of attachment demonstrated when infants are least distressed by their mothers departure
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avoidant attachment
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social problems that result when a child is abused
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personal and social problems and physiological disorders least likely to want to go explore the world. more aggressive, anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem
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Germanial time period
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first stage of development
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what happens in germinal
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what takes place from conception to implanation
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Embryonic time period
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eighth week of development
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Embroyonic:
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major body organ system
growth of hart and lungs growth of the extradites growth of head |
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Fetal time period
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third month until birth
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Fetal:
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dramatic gains in weight and length
matures organs fingers and toes moves limbs |
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levels of moral development
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the preconuentional
conventional postcuentional |
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the preconuentional
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applies to most children about 9 those children base moral judgment on the consequences of behavior
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conventional
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right and wrong are judged by conformity to conventional standerds from right to wrong
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postconventional
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more complex and focus on drill in which individuals needs are pitted against the need to maintain social order
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