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Aerospace Engineering
1st Grade
10/07/2009

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kohlbergs 3 stages of moral thinking
Definition
1. preconventional morality: obey to either avoid punishment or to gain concrete reward
2. conventional morality: care for others, uphold laws and rules because they are there
3. postconventional morality: peoples rights, basic ethical principals
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erikson
Definition
each stage of life has a 'crisis'
adolescence.. identity
young adulthood.. intimacy
middle adulthood.. generativity
late adulthood.. integrity
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dementia is caused by
Definition
strokes, alcoholism, brain tumors
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operate learning
Definition
skinner. reinforcement, punishment, extinction
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prospective memory
Definition
visual clues that help you learn
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cross sectional
Definition
among different age groups, cultures, ext.
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crystalized intelligence
Definition
increases with age
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fluid intelligence
Definition
decreases with age
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social clock
Definition
cultural perscription of 'right time' values
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eriksons 2 aspects of adulthood
Definition
intimacy, generativity
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learning is
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a relatively permanent change to an organisms behavior
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association
Definition
linking 2 things together
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classical vs operant vs observational
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pavlov, skinner, bandera
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watson
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father of behaviorism
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acquisition

how does it relate to classical conditioning?
Definition
initial learning of the simiulus-response relationship. first time when a response is established.

classical conditioning.. when stimulus comes with conditioned response (CR)
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extinction
Definition
dimished repsonse that occues when conditioned stimuli no longer comes from the unconidition stimulus
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operant conditioning is a type of _ and has to do with _
Definition
associative learning, BEHAVIOR!
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thorndikes law of effect
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reward behavior is likely to recoccur
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shaping
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procedure where reinforcers gradually guide an action to a desired behavior
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primary reinforcers vs condiitoned reinforcers
Definition
innately satisfying, learned
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partial (intermittent) reinforcement
Definition
responses SOMETIMES inforced. greater persistance
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continuous reinforcement
Definition
reponse reinforced ALWAYS
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fixed-ratio
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reinforce behavior after a certain number of responses. (dollar per item)
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variable-ratio
Definition
produces reinforcers after varying (unpredictable) intervals. (slot machines)
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latent learning
Definition
learning that only comes with incentive. (food)
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intrinsic motiveation
Definition
unnecessary rewards sometimes carry hidden costs
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extrinstic motivation
Definition
seeking rewards, avoiding punishment
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mirror neurons
Definition
frontal lobe.. observational learning!
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motivation
Definition
need or desire that energizes behavior and directs it to a certain goal
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drive reduction theory
Definition
idea that a psychiological need creates an aroused state.. drives one to reduce the need
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maslows hierarchy of needs
Definition
PYRAMID. bottom from top
physiological, safety, love, esteem, self actualization, self transcedence needs
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hypothalamus controls
Definition
hunger
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lateral hypothalamus
Definition
increases hunger
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ventromedial hypothalamus
Definition
decreases hunger
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ghreline
Definition
hunger arousing hormone during empty stomach
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pyy
Definition
surpresses hunger
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leptin
Definition
surpressed by fat cells
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weight is regulated by..
Definition
control of food intake, energy output, metabolism
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social facilitation
Definition
eating more in social situations
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masters and johnsons 4 stages of excitement
Definition
excitement, plateau, orgasm, resolution
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erotic plasticity
Definition
woemns sexuality more flexible
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artistole calls us
Definition
the social animal
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ostracrism
Definition
made to feel unpopular, unliked, hated. ext.
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