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learning
some type of change
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things can be ______ and those same things can move to _________ and be ______
learned, extinction, unlearned
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most effective learning techniques
flashcards and active recall
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learning STEM techniques
- practice problems
- experiments/labs
- be interested in research
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behaviorism
reinforced or conditioned for a certain behavior
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what is reinforcement for?
good or preferred behavior
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punishment is for?
bad or not preferred behavior
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accidental reinforcement
think problematic behavior (delinquency) and you give punishment that winds up being reinforcing
- attention
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rewarding oneself for good behavior is a form of
reinforcement
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what mental illness is reinforcement commonly used to treat?
ADHD
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what are the types of reinforcement?
- positive reinforcement: adding something good to continues behavior
- giving candy for using the toilet
- positive punishment: adding something bad to stop a behavior
- yelling at someone for poor behavior
- negative reinforcement: taking away something bad to continue a behavior
- taking an advil to get rid of a headache
- negative punishment: taking away something good to stop a behavior
- taking away a cell phone for being out late
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what do schedules of reinforcement do? what are the two categories what do they do?
they reinforce behavior in specific ways
- ratio: action amounts
- interval: time amounts
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four types of schedules of reinforcement
- variable interval: changing amount of time between rewards
- variable ratio: changing amount of actions/time doing something until the reward
- fixed interval: a certain amount of time between rewards
- fixed ratio: a certain amount of actions between rewards
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what can variable schedules lead to?
- over doing activities/over seeking reinforcement
- childhood narcissism
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what neurotransmitter is most involved with reinforcement? what does it deal with? what addiction does this explain?
- dopamine
- deals with the idea of a reward not the reward itself
- drugs
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what treatment is commonly used for OCD
scheduling unsettling time
- a time in which OCD is purposefully active in order to help the individual be more comfortable with and be able to deal with OCD mentality
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what makes us like people more?
when people let us help them
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what is one type of response that is able to be conditioned? what case is a prominent example of this?
- fear response
- little albert experiment
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generalization
generalizing a certain response
- ex: being afraid of a white fluffy bunny and then being afraid of everything white and fluffy
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john locke
blank slate/tabula rossa mentality
- we can do and be anything we want
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socrates' idea
innate knowledge
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unconditioned stimulus
would cause a response naturally
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what does the unconditioned stimulus become?
the conditioned stimulus
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unconditioned response
your innate response to the unconditioned stimulus
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conditioned stimulus
what is paired with someone to elicit a response
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conditioned response
the response that occurs after conditioning when exposed to the conditioned stimulus