Learning and Behaviorism Flashcards

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Learning

The acquisition of knowledge or skills through study, experience, or being taught.

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Learning (Hilgard & Bower, 1975)

A relatively permanent change in behavior or behavior potential which occurs as a result of prior experience.

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Contiguity

Things that occur close together get linked in the mind.

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Frequency

The more often things are linked, the more powerful the association.

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Similarity

The more things are similar, the more a thought of one of those things will trigger the thought of the other thing.

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Contrast

Seeing or recalling something may trigger the recollection of something completely opposite.

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Watson

Earliest known Behaviorist who coined the term in his paper 'Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It'.

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Habituation

Decline in the tendency to respond to stimuli that have become familiar due to repeated exposure.

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Adaptation

Fitting in with the environment.