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Chapter 7 Psychology Terms
Terms that go along with Chapter 7 in Schacter's Psychology book
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10/11/2011

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learning
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experience that results in a relatively permanent change in the state of the learner
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classical conditioning
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when a neutral stimulus produces a response after being paired with a stimulus that naturally produces a response
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unconditioned stimulus (US)
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Something that reliably produces a naturally occurring reaction in an organism
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unconditioned response (UR)
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A reflexive reaction that is reliably produced by an unconditioned stimulus
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conditioned stimulus (CS)
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a stimulus that is initially neutral and produces no reliable response in an organism
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conditioned response (CR)
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a reaction that resembles an unconditioned response but is produced by a conditioned stimulus
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acquisition
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the phase of classical conditioning when the CS and the US are presented together.
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second-order conditioning
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conditioning where the US is a stimulus that acquired its ability to produce learning from an earlier procedure in which it was used as a CS.
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extinction
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the gradual elimination of a learned response that occurs when the US is no longer presented.
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spontaneous recovery
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The tendency of a learned behavior to recover from extinction after a rest period
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generalization
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a process in which the CR is observed even though the CS is slightly different from the original one used during acquisition
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discrimination
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the capacity to distinguish between similar but distinct stimuli
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biological preparedness
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a propensity for learning particular kinds of association over others
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operant conditioning
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a type of learning in which the consequences of an organism's behavior determine whether it will be repeated in the future.
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law of effect
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the principle that behaviors that are followed by a "satisfying state of affairs" tend to be repeated and those that produce an "unpleasant state of affairs" are less likely to be repeated.
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operant behavior
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behvaior that an organism produces that has some impact on the environment
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reinforcer
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any stimulus or event that functions to increase the likelihood of the behavior that led to it.
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punisher
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any stimulus or event that functions to decrease the likelihood of the behavior that led to it
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overjustification effect
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circumstances when external rewards can undermine the intrinsic satisfaction of performing a behavior
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fixed interval schedule (FI)
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an operant conditioning principle in which reinforcements are presented at fixed time periods, provided that the appropriate response is made.
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variable interval schedule (VI)
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an operant condititoning principle in which behavior is reinforced based on an average time that has expired since the last reinforcement
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fixed ratio schedule (FR)
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an operant conditioning principle in which reinforcement is delivered after a specific number of responses have been made
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variable ratio schedule (VR)
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an operant conditioning principle in which the delivery of reinforcement is based on a particular average number of responses
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intermittent reinforcement
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an operant conditioning principle in which only some of the responses made are followed by reinforcement.
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intermittent-reinforcement effect
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The fact that operant behaviors that are maintained under intermittent reinforcement schedules resist extinction better than those maintained under continuous reinforcement
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shaping
Definition
learning that results from the reinforcement of successive steps to a final desired behavior
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latent learning
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a condition in which something is learning but is not mainfested as a behavioral change until sometime in the future.
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cognitive map
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a mental representation of the physical features of the environment
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observational learning
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a condition in which learning takes place by watching the actions of others
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diffusion chain
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a process in which individuals initially learn a behavior by observing another individual perform that behavior, and then serve as a model from which other individuals learn the behavior
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implicit learning
Definition
learning that takes place largely without awareness of the process of the products of information acquisition
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habituation
Definition
a general process in which repeated or prolonged exposure to a stimulus results in a gradual reduction in response.
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