Escape and Avoidance Learning

Phobias

________ are irrational (like escalators) not rational (like guns)

avoidance response

Early responding greatly reduces extent to which ________ can be extinguished.

Compulsion

reinforces the obsession by reducing anxiety.

avoidance conditioning

Escape and ________ strengthen the behavior through removal of an aversive stimulus.

Response cost

removal of specific reinforcer following the occurrence of problem behavior.

Stampfl procedure

avoidance response occurs early in sequence of events.

aversive stimulus

Escape: when behavior terminates ________.

positive reinforcers

Time- out: loss of access to ________ for a brief period of time following problem behavior.

Negative punishment

removing something that they like.

Punishment

weakens the behavior through the application of an aversive stimulus or the removal of an appetitive stimulus.

Positive punishment

adding something that they dont like.

Avoidance conditioning

________ maintains phobias.

escape

when behavior terminates aversive stimulus

avoidance

when behavior prevents aversive stimulus

stampfl procedure

avoidance response occurs early in sequence of events

positive punishment

adding something that they dont like

negative punishment

removing something that they like

response cost

removal of specific reinforcer following the occurrence of problem behavior

time-out

loss of access to positive reinforcers for a brief period of time following problem behavior

avoidance

when behavior prevents aversive stimulus

True or false? Humans condition less readily than animals

False

True or false? Human phobias only require one brief conditioning trial.

True

OCD

persistent thoughts, impulses, or images