Flashcard on Human Behavior and Victimology

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Who is the Swiss psychologist known for the Cognitive Developmental Theory?

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Jean Piaget

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What are schemas in the context of Cognitive Developmental Theory?

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Mental frameworks for organizing information

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What is assimilation in cognitive development?

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Integrating new information into existing schemas

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Equilibration in Piaget's theory

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The balance between assimilation and accommodation

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At what stage do children begin to use symbols and language according to Piaget?

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Preoperational Stage

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What is the focus of behaviorism as proposed by B.F. Skinner?

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Environmental factors shaping behavior

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What type of reinforcement increases the likelihood of a behavior?

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Positive reinforcement

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What is an example of negative reinforcement?

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Taking away homework for good behavior

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What does positive punishment involve?

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Adding an aversive stimulus

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What is a fixed-ratio schedule of reinforcement?

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Reinforcement after a set number of responses