Psychology 1

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Edward Thorndike (behaviorism)

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Law of Effect: any response which leads to an outcome satisfying the organism is likely to be repeated, any response that leads to an unpleasant outcome is not likely to be repeated

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John Watson (behaviorism)

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-we are what we learn
-emphasis on observable response and environmental stimuli
-focus on learning and experience as a central to understanding of human behavior
-rejected the notion that there is anything unknowable about the mind

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Stimulus vs. Responses

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-Stimulus: any event, situation, object, or factor that is measurable and may affect behavior
-Responses: is any reaction to a stimulus

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John Watson (Behaviorism)

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-We are what we learn
-Emphasis on observable response and environmental stimuli
-Focus on learning and experience as central to understanding of human behavior
-Reject the notion that there is anything unknowable in the mind

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Edward Thorndike (Behaviorism)

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Law of Effect: any response that leads to an good outcome is likely to be repeated, any response that leads to a unpleasant outcome is not likely to be repeated

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Classical Conditioning

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The study of learning which involves reflex responses, in which a neutral stimulus comes to elicit an existing response
-Pavlov Dogs

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Stimulus Gerneralization

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The tendency to produce the CR to both the original CS and stimulus which are similar to it in some way

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Discrimination

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Selective responding to the CS, but not to stimulus that are similar in some way, as a result of training

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Extinction

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The elimination of responding when the CS is repeatedly presented w/o being paired with the UCS

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Spontaneous Response

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The re occurrence of the CR when the CS is presented after some time has elapsed since extinction

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Conditioned Emotional Response

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An emotional response, such as fear, that is established through classical conditioning
-Little Albert

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Operant Conditioning

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-Learning from your own actions
-the form of learning concerned with changes in emitted responses as a function of their consequences

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Reinforcer

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A stimulus which when it follows a response, results in an increase in the probability of the response repeating

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Reinforcements

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The process by which a reinforce increases the probability the probability of a response

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Conditioned Reinforcers

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Are stimulus which assume reinforcing properties because they have been reliable associated with a primary reinforcer