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36 Cards in this Set
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Learning
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A change in an organisms behavior due to experience
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Classical Conditioning
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Learning through association (Pavlov)
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Spontaneous recovery
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After a time lapse, it is the reappearance of a weakened CR
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Operant Conditioning
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Behavior is strengthened through reinforcement (skinner)
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Shaping
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The process of reinforcing successive approximations to a desired behavior
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Reinforcement
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any event that increases the likelihood of a response that it follows
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Extinction
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diminshing of a conditioned response
(stop pairing the food with a bell) How to stop a CR |
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Generalization
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Tendancy to respond to a stimuli similar to CS
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Discrimination
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Learned ability to distinguish btwn. CS and other irrelevant stimuli
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Punishment
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The process by which the aversive consequences decrease behavior
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Punishment or negative reinforcement?
The delivery of a shock |
Punishment
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Punishment or negative reinforcement?
Termination of a shock |
Negative reinforcement
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Side effects of Punishment
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Suppression of behavioral activity
Triggers strong emotional response Increase aggressive behavior |
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How to make punishment more effective
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Immediate
Not to harsh, not too easy Explaination Consistent |
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Clyde Wearing
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2 minutes of memory
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SI Shereshevski
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Could recall every convo he has ever had
70-100 strings of numbers |
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Mahadevan
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812 digits of PI
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Haragushi
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82,431 digits of PI
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Levels of encoding
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Visual
Acoustical Symantical (Process of getting info into memory) |
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Iconic Memory
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photographic or picture image memory; visual only last 1/4 to 1/2 of second
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Eidetic Imagery
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Picture image memory that lasts for a couple of minutes
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Echoic Memory
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Sensory memory of auditory stimuli, lasts 2-4 seconds
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Flashbulb Memory
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Clarity for our memories of surprise, significant events
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Short term
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Limited storage capacity, and frequently involves acoustic encoding (remember: seven plus or minus two)
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Long term memory
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Stores vast amounts of information
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Retrieval
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Getting information out of memory storage
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Mnemonic Devices
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Cluster, Chunking, Hiarchy
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Emotions
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Involve physiological arousal, outer expression, and conscious experience
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Primary Emotion
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Universal, biological
Fear Anger Joy Disgust Surprise Sadness |
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Self Conscience Emotion (SCE)
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Require mental reflection, 2-3 year of life
Guilt, shame, embarassment |
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Non-Self Conscience Emotion (NSCE)
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James Lange
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Emotion results from the perception of one's own bodily reaction
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Cannon-Baird
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Emotion originates in the thalamus of the brain, which controls both emotional feelings and behavior
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2 factor
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Emotions depend on both physiological arousal and a cognitive interpretation or evaluation of that arousal
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Common Sense Theory
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You have emotions, then you tremble
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Lie Detector Tests detect...
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Breathing, pulse rate, Blood Pressure, perspiration
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