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Personality Psychology
From Perspectives on Personality by Carver & Scheier
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
06/11/2013

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Behavior modification or behavior therapy
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A therapeutic approach in which conditioning processes are used to change behavior
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Behavioral assessment
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An assessment made by observing a person's overt behavior
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Classical conditioning
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The pairing of a neutral stimulus with an unconditional stimulus
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Conditioned stimulus (CS)
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A neutral stimulus that's paired with a US to become conditioned
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Conditioned response
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A response to the CS that's acquired by classical conditioning
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Contingency management
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Programs in which reinforcement is increased for desired behaviors and witheld after undesired behaviors
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Continuous reinforcement
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a schedule in which reinforcement follows each instance of the behavior
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Coping model
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a model that displays fear but ultimately handles it
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