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What is the difference between classical conditioning and operant conditioning?
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Classical Conditioning is the process by which an organism learns a new association between two paired stimuli-- a neutral stimulus and one that already evokes a reflexive response.
Operant conditioning is the process of changing behavior by following a response with reinforcement. |
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What is negative punishment?
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Punishment by avoiding something good.
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What is negative reinforcement?
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A kind of reinforcement that is the abscense of something.
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What is positive reinforcement?
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The presentation of an event that strenghthens or increases the likelihood of a behavior.
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What is availability heuristic?
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The strategy of assuming how easily one can remember examples of some kind of item indicates how common the item itself is.
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What is representiativeness heuritic?
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The assumption that an item that resembles members of some category is probably another member of that category.
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Ex. If something walks, looks, and sounds like a rare bird, is it, or is it a bird that is similar to a common speicies?
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What is long term memory?
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A relatively permanent store of memory.
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What is short term memory?
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A temporary store
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Ex. The score during a tennis match is short term, the skills you use during the match is long term.
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What is sensory memory?
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Ionic memory is visual information and echoic memory is for auditory memory.
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Who is Rajan Mahedevan?
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A memorist from India who remembered the first 31, 811 digits of pi. Is in the Guiness book of world records.
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What is the difference between classical conditioning and operant conditioning?
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Classical Conditioning is the process by which an organism learns a new association between two paired stimuli-- a neutral stimulus and one that already evokes a reflexive response.
Operant conditioning is the process of changing behavior by following a response with reinforcement. |
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What is negative punishment?
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Punishment by avoiding something good.
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What is negative reinforcement?
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A kind of reinforcement that is the abscense of something.
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What is positive reinforcement?
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The presentation of an event that strenghthens or increases the likelihood of a behavior.
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What is availability heuristic?
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The strategy of assuming how easily one can remember examples of some kind of item indicates how common the item itself is.
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