131471363 | classical | Ivan Pavlov's experiments with dogs yielded information about this type of conditioning | |
131471364 | Tolman | His research showed that reinforcement is not always necessary for learning to occur | |
131471365 | cognitive map | A mental picture is another name for a | |
131471366 | variable-ratio | The most effective form of reinforcement schedule is | |
131471367 | negative reinforcement | Identify the type of reinforcement used in the following examples :Someone who becomes too warm in the sun and moves in the shade. | |
131471368 | primary reinforcer | stimulus that encourages a behavior by meeting an organism's biological need | |
131471369 | spontaneous recovery | action in which an organism displays responses that were extinguished earlier | |
131471370 | massed learning | trying to learn something all at once | |
131471371 | partial reinforcement | interval schedules and ratios are examples of this | |
131471372 | personal contract | behavior modification in which a person sets goals and creates a system of rewards to encourage desired behavior | |
131471373 | token economy | form of behavior that "pays" if people act correctly | |
131471374 | conditioning | type of learning that involves stimulus-response connections | |
131471375 | observational learning | modeling is a form of this type of learning | |
131471376 | generalization | act of responding in the same ways to stimuli that seem to be similar; is a form of classical conditioning and enables people and animals to adapt to their environment | |
131471377 | chaining | learning in which each step of a sequence is learned and leads to the next step | |
131471378 | flooding | The method of ______ involves exposing a person to a harmless stimulus until he or she is no longer afraid of it. | |
131471379 | latent | The form of learning that keeps knowledge hidden until it is needed is called ______. | |
131471380 | shaping | _____ is a method of teaching complex behavior behaviors by breaking them down into manageable parts. | |
131471381 | negative | A/An _____ reinforcer increases the frequency of the behavior that follows when a reinforcer is removed. | |
131471382 | previewing | The first step in the PQ4R method involves ______ the subject matter in the textbook. | |
131471383 | distributed | To review something effectively you should use the method of learning known as _______learning. | |
131471384 | systematic desensitization | is a form of behavior modification that uses relaxation techniques to "flood" a person with good feelings while exposing them to objects that they fear. | |
131471385 | adapt | Classical conditioning helps animals and people ___ to their environments. |
Ch.6 Learning- Intro to psych Flashcards
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