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harden exam 2
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
03/06/2012

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unconditioned stimulus
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stimulus that reliably p
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an organism experiences events or stimuli that are observable and measurable, and changes in that organism can be directly observed and measured

who proposed this
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john watson who was fueled by pavlov
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second order conditioning
Definition
why people hoard money because it is used to buy things
the stimulus functions as the US that used to be the CS
Term
discrimination
Definition
the capacity to distinguish between similar but distinct stimuli
Term
through little albert, watson proved that emotions
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can be learned and are subject to CC
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rescorla and wagner were first to theorize that
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cc only occurs when an animal has learned to set up an expectation
Term
is there a time interval in delay conditioning or trace conditioning
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TRACE
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amnesics can recognize
a. trace conditioing
b. delay conditioning
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delay conditioning
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Clark & Squire showed that only aware patients showed
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trace conditioning
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the hippocampus is needed for
a. delay conditioning
b. trace conditioning
Definition
trace
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richard thompson found that the_____ is important for both delay and trace conditioning
Definition
cerebellum
Term
amygdala is critical for
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emotional conditioning
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which part of the brain is involved in the classical conditioning of fear?
Definition
amygdala
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after having a bad experience with a particular type of food, people can develop a lifelong aversion to the food. This suggests that conditioning has a ___ aspect
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evolutionary
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latent learning provides evidence for a cognitive element in operant conditioning because
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it occurs without any obvious reinforcement
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If the connections btwn the amygdala and hypothalamus are severed,
Definition
then the autonomic response of fear is stopped
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to have adaptive value it needs four elements
Definition
1. rapid learning 2. can be intervals up to couple hours 3. more adaptive to reject toxin on smell alone 4. learned aversions should come from novel foods than familiar ones
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propensity for learning particular kinds of associations over others is
Definition
biological preparedness
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classical conditioning is the study of behaviors that are
Definition
reactive
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type of learning where the consequences of an organism’s behavior determine whether it will be repeated in the future
Definition
Operant Conditioning
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law of effect
Definition
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 repeat
Term
research focused on instrumental behaviors which are ones that require an organism to do something,
Definition
Thorndike
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operant behavior
Definition
behavior that an organism produces that has some impact on the environment
Term
skinnner box allows
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research in a controlled environment
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skinner focused on
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reinforcement
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positive means to... negative means to...
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add something
take something away
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primary reinforcement
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food, shelter, comfort, warmth b/c they serve biological needs
Term
when external rewards undermine the intrinsic satisfaction of performing a behavior
Definition
overjustification effect
Term
learning takes place in ____ not in free range
Definition
contexts
Term
true or false: stimulus control is effective even if the stimulus means nothing to the respondent
Definition
true.
Term
operant behavior undergoes extinction when
Definition
reinforcements stop
Term
which schedule has a higher rate of responding?
Definition
variable ratio
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shaping
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learning that results from the reinforcement of successive steps to a final desired behavior
Term
strongest early advocate of a cognitive approach to operant learning
Definition
Edward Tolman
Term
tolman proposed that animals establish a ____ relationship
Definition
means-end
Term
JOL
Definition
judgment of learning
Term
pleasure centers are in the ___ system
Definition
limbic
Term
pathway that meanders its way from midbrain through hypothalamus are the ***most susceptible to stimulation that produces pleasure
Definition
medial forebrain bundle
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brelands found that each species
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is biologically predisposed to learn some things more readily than others and to respond to stimuli in ways that are consistent with its evolutionary history
Term
OL in animals
Definition
The chimps only learned the tool is used to get food where kids learn specifically how to tuse the tool
Term
tomasello came up with the
Definition
enculturation hypothesis
Term
mirror neurons fire when
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an animal performs an action, such as when a monkey reaches for a food item. Mirrors also fire when an animal watches someone else perform the same specific task
Term
mirror neurons are found in the
Definition
pareital and frontal lobes
Term
which requires awareness...delay or trace conditioning?
Definition
trace
Term
hippocampus is needed for
a. explicit
b. implicit
Definition
explicit
Term
implicit is unrelated to
Definition
iQ
Term
implicit shows decreased activity in the
Definition
occipital lobe
Term
US= food, UR=salivation CS= Buzzer so now CR=
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salivation
Term
delay conditioning uses ___
implicit or explicit?
Definition
implicit
Term
seamstress in china is on a __ __ schedule
Definition
fixed ratio
Term
parents to kids with praise: 3 elements
Definition
warm, enthusiastic and specific
Term
________ describes the cognitive elements of classical conditioning
Definition
Rescorla-Wagner model
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Thorndike's puzzle box demonstrated
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a behavior followed by a reward tends to become more frequent
Term
habituation is a form of ___ learning
a. explicit
b. implicit
Definition
implicit
Term
true or false:
psychotic amnesia patients with explicit memory problems can still show intact implicit memory
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TRUE
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