Behavioral Psychology Concepts

This set of flashcards covers key concepts in behavioral psychology, including types of reinforcement, learning theories, and memory types.

Positive Punishment

Administer something that is undesired.

Negative Punishment

End something that is desired.

Primary Reinforcers

Stimuli that are naturally preferred by the organism because they satisfy basic biological needs.

Secondary Reinforcers

A neutral event that has become associated with a primary reinforcer through classical conditioning.

Insight

The sudden understanding of a problem's solution.

Latent Learning

Learning that occurs in the absence of reinforcement.

Observational Learning

Learning that occurs by watching others' behavior.

Köhler

Demonstrated insight in chimpanzees.

Tolman

Demonstrated latent learning in an experiment with three groups of rats running through a maze.

Modeling

The process of observing and imitating a specific behavior.

Iconic Memory

Visual sensory memory with a duration of approximately 1/4 second.

Echoic Memory

Auditory sensory memory.