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Outline 2: Theories continued
Exam 1
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
10/09/2013

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rewards for hull's drive theory
Definition
saccharin
ICSS
cocaine
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ICSS
Definition
intracranial self-stimulation= BSR (brain stimulation reward)
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LH
Definition
lateral hypothalamus
for homeostasis and hormones
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MFB
Definition
median forebrain bundle
involved in ICSS
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what drug is most critical for ICSS and cocaine reward?
Definition
dopamine
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Rg
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rewards obtained in a goal environment
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Sg
Definition
similar to hull's D (drive)
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spence's equation
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Rg>Sg (modification of hull's drive theory)
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guthrie
Definition
believed that learning is not gradual, but occurs in a single trial
challenged thorndike's law of effort and was WRONG (reward does enhance learning)
was right about contiguity
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contiguity
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only thing guthrie got right
closer the space between two stimuli, the more likely it will be to produce the response
quicker you give a reward, the more likely that reward will motivate the response to happen again
there is an optimum time interval between the CS and the UCS
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equivalence belief principle
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tolman
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bf skinner
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behaviorist
operant conditioning
reinforcement
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operant conditioning
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when consequences (S^r) influence behavior
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operant behavior
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behavior (R) that has consequences
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reinforcer
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influences behavior
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punisher
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decreases behavior
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positive reinforcer
Definition
add something to increase the behavior
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negative reinforcer
Definition
getting rid of something to increase behavior
ex. seatbelt
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positive punisher
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add something to decrease behavior
ex. spanking
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negative punisher
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take away something to decrease behavior
ex. take away tv
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