Ap psychology vocab unit 6 learning

The diminishing of a conditioned response; occurs in classical conditioning when an unconditioned stimulus (US) does not follow a conditioned stimulus (CS); occurs in operant conditioning when a response is no longer reinforced.

• Generalization

• Discrimination

• Habituation

• Extinction

in classical conditioning, the unlearned, naturally occurring response to the unconditioned stimulus (US), such as salivation when food is in the mouth

• Unconditioned response

• Unconditioned stimulus

• Neutral stimulus

• Conditioned stimulus

Attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs rather than one stress reaction.

• Problem-focused coping

• Emotion-focused coping

• External locus of control

• Internal locus of control

Reinforcing the desired response every time it occurs

• Partial/intermittent reinforcement

• Reinforcement schedule

• Continuous reinforcement

• Fixed interval schedule

The acquisition of mental information whether by observing events by watching others or though language

• Learning

• Classical conditioning

• Cognitive learning

• Acquisition

Patterns that define how often a desired response will be reinforced

• Variable interval schedule

• Partial/intermittent reinforcement

• Continuous reinforcement

• Reinforcement schedule

The increasing of behaviors by presenting positive stimuli.

• Positive punishment

• Negative punishment

• Negative reinforcement

• Positive reinforcement

In operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified time has elapsed

• Variable interval schedule

• Fixed interval schedule

• Variable ratio schedule

• Fixed ratio schedule

The process of observing and imitating a specific behavior.

• Modeling

• Mirror neurons

• Observational learning

• Learned helplessness

Frontal lobe neurons that fire when performing certain actions or when observing another doing so. The brain's mirroring of another's action may enable imitation, language learning, and empathy.

• Observational learning

• Modeling

• Mirror neurons

• Learned helplessness