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| ANY RELATIVELY PERMANENT CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR BROUGHT ABOUT THROUGH EXPERIENCE |
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| ACCIDENTLY DISCOVERED THAT DOGS LEARN TO ASSOCIATE THE SOUNDS OF FOOD BEING PREPARED WITH THE FOOD ITSELF |
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| STIMULUS THAT CAN ELICIT A RESPONSE WITHOUT ANY LEARNING |
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| UNLEARNED INBORN REACTION TO AN UNCONDITIONED STIMULUS |
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| STIMULUS THAT COMES TO ELICIT RESPONSES AS A RESULT OF BEING PAIRED WITH AN UNCONDITIONED STIMULUS |
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| RESPONSE THAT IS SIMILAR OR IDENTICAL TO THE UNCONDITIONED RESPONSE THAT COMES TO BE ELICITED BY A CONDITIONED STIMULUS |
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| FORM OF LEARNING IN WHICH PREIOUSLY NEUTRAL STIMULUS IS PAIRED WITH AN UNCONDITIONED STIMULUS TO ELICIT A CONDITIONED RESPONSE THAT IS IDENTICAL TO OR VERY SIMILAR TO THE UNCONDITIONED RESPONSE |
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| PROCESS OF ELIMINATING A CLASSICALLY CONDITIONED R |
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| LEARNING IN WHICH THE CONSEQUENCES OF BEHAVIOR LEAD TO CHANGES IN THE PROBABILITY OF ITS OCCURRENCE |
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| ANY CONSEQUENCE OF BEHAVIOR THAT LEADS TO AN INCREASE IN THE PROBABILITY OF ITS OCCURANCE |
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| THE PASSAGE OF TIME BETWEEN THE RESPONSE AND THE POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT THAT LEADS TO REDUCED EFFICIENCY OF OPERANT CONDITIONING |
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| INNATE POSITIVE REINFORCERS THAT DO NOT HAVE TO BE ACQUIRED THROUGH LEARNING |
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| LEARNED POSITIVE REINFORCERS (PRAISE) |
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| SCHEDULE IN WHICH THE REINFORCER IS GIVEN ONLY AFTER A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF RESPONSES |
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| REINFORCMENT SCHEDULE IN WHICH THE REINFORCER IS GIVEN AFTER A VARYING NUMBER OF RESPONSES HAVE BEEN MADE |
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| REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE IN WHICH THE REINFORCER IS GIVEN FOLLOWING THE FIRST RESPONSE OCCURING AFTER A PREDETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME (PATTER) |
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| VARIABLE INTERVAL SCHEDULE |
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| REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE IN WHICH THE REINFORCER IS GIVEN FOLLOWING THE FIRST RESPONSE OCCURING AFTER A VARIABLE AMOUNT OF TIME (NO PATTERN) |
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| STATEGY OF POSITIVELY REINFORCING BEHAVIORS THAT ARE SUCCESSIVELY MORE SIMILAR TO DESIRED BEHAVIORS |
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| CAGE FOR ANIMALS EQUIPPED WITH A RESPONSE LEVER AND A FOOD TRAY DISPENSER USED IN RESEARCH ON OPERANT CONDITIONING |
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| REINFORCEMENT THAT OCCURS WHEN A BEHAVIOR IS FOLLOWED BY THE REMOVAL OR THE AVOIDANCE OF A NEGATIVE EVENT AND THE PROBABILITY THAT THE BEHAVIOR WILL OCCUR IN THE FUTURE OCCUR AS A RESULT |
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| OPERANT CONDITIONING IN WHICH THE BEHAVIOR IS REINFORCED BECAUSE IT CAUSES A NEGATIVE EVENT TO CEASE (A FORM OF NAGATIVE REINFORCMENT) |
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| OPERANT CONDITIONING IN WHICH THE BEHAVIOR IS REINFORCED BECAUSE IT PREVENTS SOMETHING NEGATIVE FROM HAPPENING |
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| A NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCE OF A BEHAVIOR WHICH LEADS TO A DECREASE IN THE FREQUENCY OF THE BEHAVIOR THAT PRODUCES IT |
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| AN INCREASE IN THE FREQUENCY OF A NEGATIVE BEHAVIOR THAT OFTEN FOLLOWS THE USE OF CRITICISM REINFORCING THE BEHAVIOR IT IS INTENTED TO PUNISH |
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| TENDENCY FOR RESPONSES TO OCCUR MORE OFTEN IN THE PRESENCE OF ONE STIMULUS THEN OTHERS |
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| TENDENCY FOR SIMILAR STIMULI TO ELICIT THE SAME RESPONSE |
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| INFERRED MENTAL AWARENESS OF THE STRUCTURE OF A PHYSICAL SPACE OR RELATED ELEMENTS |
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| FORM OF COGNITIVE CHANGE THAT INVOLVES RECOGNITION OF PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN RELATIONSHIPS |
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| improvement IN THE RATE OF LEARNING TO SOLVE NEW PROBLEMS THROUGH PRACTICE SOLVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS |
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| LEARNING BASED ON OBSERVATION OF THE BEHAVIOR OF ANOTHER |
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| OBSERVED REINFORCEMENT OF THE BEHAVIOR OF A MODEL WICH ALSO INCREASES THE PROBABILITY OF THE SAme BEHAVIIOR IN THE OBSERVER |
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| OBSERVED PUNISHMENT OF THE BEHAVIOR OF A MODEL WHICH ALSO DECREASES THE PROBABILITY OF THE SAME BEHAVIOR IN THE OBSERVER |
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| BANDURA FOUND THAT CHILREN WHO OBSERVED ADULTS PLAYING AGRESSIVELY WITH bobo DOLL PLAYED WITH THE DOLL MORE AGGRESILVELY THEMSELVES |
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| NEGATIVE REACTION TO A PARTICULAR TASTE THAT HAS BEEN ASSOCITAED WITH NAUSEA OR OTHER ILLNESS |
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| TO REPRESENT INFORMATION IN SOME FORM IN THE MEMORY SYSTEM |
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| A MODEL OF MEMORY BASED ON THE IDEA THAT WE STORE INFORMATION IN THREE SEPERATE BUT LINKED MEMORIES |
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| A MODEL OF MEMORY BASED ON THE IDEA THAT WE STORE INFORMATION IN THREE SEPERATE BUT LINKED MEMORIES |
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| THE FIRST STAGE OF MEMORY IN WHICH AN EXACT IMAGE OF EACH SENSORY EXPERIENCE IS HELD BRIEFLY UNTIL IT CAN BE PROCESSED |
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| THE SECOND STAGE OF MEMORY IN WHICH FIVE TO NINE BITS OF INFORMATION CAN BE STORED FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF TIME |
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| MENTAL REPETITION OF INFORMATION TO RETAIN IT LONGER IN SORT TERM MEMORY |
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| THE THIRD STAGE OF MEMORY INVOLVING THE STORAGE OF INFORMATION THAT IS KEPT FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME |
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| BREAKING UP THING TO MEMORIZE INTO PARTS TO KEEP WITH THE SHORT TERM MEMORY OF 5-9 |
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| MEMORY FOR MOTOR SKILL MOVEMENTS AND SKILLS |
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| MEMORY FOR MEANING WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE TIME AND PLACE OF LEARNING |
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| MEMORY FOR SPECIFIC EXPERIENCES THAT CAN BE DEFINED IN TERMS OF TIME AND SPACE |
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| SEMANTIC AND EPISODIC MEMORY |
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| A MEASURE OF MEMORY BASED ON THE ABILITY TO RETRIEVE INFORMATION FROM LON TERM MEMORY WITH FEW CUES |
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| A MEASURE OF MEMORY BASED ON THE ABILITY TO RETRIEVE INFORMATION FROM LON MEMORY FROM AMONG THE OPTIONS PROVIDED |
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| A MEASURE OF MEMORY BASED ON THE LENGTH OF TIME IT TAKES TO RELEARN FORGOTTEN MATERIAL |
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| THE FINDING THAT IMMEDIATE RECALL OF ITEMS LISTED IN A FIXED ORDER IS OFTEN BETTER FOR ITEMS AT THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE OF THE LIST THEN THOSE IN THE MIDDLE |
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| LEVELS OF PROCESSING MODEL |
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| AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE STAGE THEORY OF MEMORY STATING THAT THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN SORT TERM MEM AND LONG TERM MEM IS A MATTER OF DEGREE RATHER THEAN DIFFERENT KINDS OF MEMORY AND IS BASED ON HOW INCOMING INFORMATION IS PROCESSED |
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| THE PROCESS OF CREATING ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN A NEW MEMORY AND EXISTING MEMORIES |
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| THE THEORY THAT FORGETTING OCCURS AS THE MEMORY TRAC FADES OVER TIME |
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| THE THEORY THAT FORGETTING OCCURS BECAUSE SIMILIAR MEMORIES INTEFERE WITH THE STORAGE OR RETRIVAL OF INFORMATION |
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| INTERFERIENCE CREATED FROM INFORMATION FROM PRIOR LEARNING |
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| INTERFERENCE CREATED BY MEMORIES FROM LATER LEARNING |
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| THE THEORY THAT INFORMATION STORED IN LTM SOMETIMES CHANGES OVER TIME TO BECOME MORE CONSISTANT WITH OUR BELIEFS KNOWLEDGE AND EXPECTATIONS |
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| REMEMBERING AN EVENDT THAT DID NOT OCCUR OR THAT OCCURED IN A WAY THAT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT FROM THE MEMORY OF THE EVENT |
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| FORGETTING THAT IS BELIEVED TO BE BASED ON THE UPSETTING OR THREATENING NATURE OF THE MEMORY THAT IS FORGOTTEN |
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| THE PARTIALLY UNDERSTOOD MEMORY TRACE IN THE BRAIN THAT IS BBIOLOGICAL BASIS OF MEMORY |
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| THE PROCESS BY WHICH NEURAL ACTIVITY CAUSES STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THE SYNAPSES THAT FACILITATE MORE EFFICIENT LEARNING AND MEMORY |
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| THE GRADUAL STRENGTHENING OF CHEMICAL CHANGES IN THE SYNAPSES FOLLOWING LEARNING EXPERIENCES |
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| A MEMORY DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY THE INABILITY TO RETRIVE OLD LONG TERM MEMORIES GENERALLY FOR A SPECIFIC PERIOD OF TIME EXTENDING BACK FROM THE DISORDER |
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| DISORDER OF MEMROY CHARACTERIZED BY AN INABILITY TO STORE OR RETRIEVE NEW INFORMATION IN LONG TERM MEMRORY |
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| THE PART OF THE LIMBIC SYSTEM THAT PLAYS A ROLE IN EMOTIONAL AROUSAL AND LONG TREM MEMORY |
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| A DISORDER INVOLVING BOTH ANTROGRADE AND RETROGRADE AMNESIA CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE USE OF ALCOHOL |
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