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Chapter 1 terms for Domjan's class
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
02/23/2015

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association
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a connection between the representations of two events (2 stimuli or a stimulus and a response) such that the occurrence of one of the events activates the representation of the other
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dualism
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the view of behavior according to which actions can be separated into 2 categories: voluntary behavior controlled by the mind and involuntary behavior controlled by reflex mechanisms
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empiricism
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a philosophy according to which all ideas in the mind arise from experience
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fatigue
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a temporary decrease in behavior caused by repeated or excessive use of the muscles involved in the behavior
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hedonism
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the philosophy proposed by Hobbes according to which the actions of organisms are determined by the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain
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learning
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an enduring change in the mechanisms of behavior involving specific stimuli and/or responses that results from prior experience with similar stimuli and responses
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maturation
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a change in behavior caused by physical or physiological development of the organism in the absence of experience with particular environmental events
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nativism
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a philosophy according to which human beings are born with innate ideas
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nervism
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the philosophical position adopted by Pavlov that all behavioral and physiological processes are regulated by the nervous system
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nonsense syllable
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a three-letter combination (two consonants separated by a vowel) that has no meaning
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performance
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an organism's activities at a particular time
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reflex
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a mechanism that enables a specific environmental event to elicit a specific response
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