Learning and Language Review

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A relatively permanent change in behavior resulting from experience or practice is called...

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Learning

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Behaviorists are mostly concerned with...

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Observable Behavior

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Our environment shapes every aspect of who we were, are, and will become

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Environmental Determinism

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This Russian psychologist discovered Classical Conditioning

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Ivan Pavlov

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The process that leads to a gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response

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Extinction

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This famous psychologist is known as the founder of the modern behavioral perspective

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B.F. Skinner

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A type of learning in which voluntary behavior is modified by subsequent consequences

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Operant Conditioning

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'Any behavior followed by pleasant consequences is likely to be repeated...' best describes which option below

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Law of Effect

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Negative Reinforcement can sometimes be an Avoidance Behavior. Which option below best illustrates an Avoidance Behavior? (S/N #2) Options: Making a mess and leaving it for someone else to clean, Doing the dishes to avoid being nagged by parents, Stealing candy from your younger brother or sister, Your parents tell you not to touch the stove because it is hot but you do it anyway

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Doing the dishes to avoid being nagged by parents

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'The shorter the time between the stimulus and the consequence, the quicker and stronger the association will be' is known as...

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Contiguity