Unit 4 Vocab Words

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Atrophy

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the wasting away of a body organ or tissue

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Bastion

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a fortified place, stronghold

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Concord

Back 3

a state of agreement, harmony, a treaty

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Consummate

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perfect as possible

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Disarray

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Disorder, confusion

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Exigency

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urgency, pressure

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Flotsam

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homeless

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Frenetic

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frenzied, highly agitated

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Glean

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gather bit by bit, collect

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Grouse

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type of game bird, a compliant

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Incarcerate

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to imprison

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Incumbent

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obligatory, required

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Jocular

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humorous

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Ludicrous

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ridiculous, laughable

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Mordant

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biting in though, manner, bitterly harsh

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nettle

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stinging plant

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pecuniary

Back 17

consisting of or measure in money

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pusillanimous

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cowardly, or mean-spirited

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recumbent

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lying down

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stratagem

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scheme to gain advantage on the opponent

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Learning

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A relatively permanent change in behavior that is brought about by experience or practice.

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Habituation

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A decreased response to a repeated stimulus judjed to be of no consequence. Exposure to constant stimulus when we come acustome to.

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Sensitization

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your senses become more atuned to some stimulus that you would usually ignore.

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Ivan Pavlo

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Russian physcologist credited with discovering a new type of learning called classical cond.

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Classical Conditioning

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A learning procedure in which associations are made between a NATURAL STIMULUS (UCS) and a NEUTRAL STIMULUS.

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Neutral Stimulus

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A stimulus that does not initially elicit any part of the unconditioned response. LBA

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Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)

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An event that elicits a certain predictable response typically without previous trainning.

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Conditioned Stimulus (CS)

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A once-neutral event that elicits a given respnse after a period of training in which it has been paired with an unconditoned stimulus.

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Unconditioned Response (UCR)

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An organism's automatic (natural) reaction to a stimulus.

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Conditioned Response (CR)

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The learned reaction to a conditioned stimulus.

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Stimulus

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Response to sounds

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Generalization

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responding similarly to a range of similar stimuli.
Ex: Child-Bully

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Discrimination

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the ability to respnd differently to similar but distinct stimuli.
Ex: Baby-Daddy = Baby Albert

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Extinction

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the gradual dissapperance of a CR when the CS is repeatedly presented without the UCS (reinforcement).

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Spontaneous Recovery

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reappereance of CR without reinforcement after a period of time.

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Counter Conditioning

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consists of conditioning stimulus to a different response usued to get rid of undesirable behaviors.
Ex: Alcoholism

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Avoidance Conditoning

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When organism is taught to AVOID a stimulus

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Reinforcement

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Stimulus or event that follows a response and increases the likelihood that the response will be repeated.

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Intermittent Reinforcement

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occasional rather than continuous reinforcement once the CR has been established.

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B.F Skinner

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credited with formulating the principles of operant conditioning.

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Operant Conditioning

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learning in which a certain action is reinforced or punished, resulting in corresponding increases or decreases in occurence.

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Shaping

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tech. in which desired is "molded" by first rewarding any act similar to that behavior and then requiring ever-closer approximations to the desired behavior before giving the reward.

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Positive Rein.

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STRENTHENS a response by its PRESENTATION (reward).

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Negative Rein.

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STRENTHENS a response by its ABSENCE.

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Punishment

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WEAKENS a response by its PRESENTATION

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Fixed Ratio

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depends on a specified quantity of responses.

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Variable Ratio

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number of respnses before reinforcement varies from time to time.

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Fixed Interval

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Schedule of reinforcement in which a specific amount of time must elaspe before a response will elicit reinforcement.

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Variable Interval

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Schedule of reinforcement in which changing amounts of time must elapse before a response will obtain reinforcement.