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Behavioral Theories Of Learning

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  • Answer 43 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An unpleasant consequence that a person tries to avoid or escape






2. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer






3. Thorndikes' law stating that an act that is followed by a favorable effect is more likely to be repeated in similar situations






4. Continuation (of behavior)






5. Learning by observation and imitation






6. A stimulus that naturally evokes a paricular response






7. Behavior that a person enjoys engaging in for their own sake - without any other reward






8. Carry over of behaviors - skills - or concepts from on setting or task to another






9. Procedures based on bothe behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction






10. Environment conditions that activate the senses






11. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurance of behavior






12. A priviously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paiered with an unconditioned response






13. Procedure of removing a student from a situation in which misbehavior was being reinforced






14. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues of thought and of thought on action






15. Perception of and response to differenced in stimuli






16. An adverse stimulus following a behavior - used to decrease the chances that the behavior will occur again






17. Imitation of others' behaviors






18. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time






19. Rienforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors






20. Stumuli that have no effect on a particular response






21. Food - water - or other consequence that satisfy a primary need






22. Events that precede behaviors






23. Pleasurable consequence given to strengthen behavior






24. Signals as to what behavior(s) will be reinforced or punished






25. A relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience






26. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction






27. Release from an unpleasant situation - give to stregthen behavior






28. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.






29. A behavior that is prompted automatically by a stimulus






30. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior






31. Rule stating that enjoyable activities can be used to rienforce participaiton in less enjoyable activites






32. Praise or rewards given to motivate people to engage in behavior that they might not engage in without them






33. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior






34. Withdrawl of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chance that the behavior will recur






35. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable amount of time






36. An apparatus develped by BF Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments is operant conditioning






37. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors






38. The weakening and eventural elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn






39. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes.






40. The teaching of a new skill or behavior by means of reinforcement for small steps toward the desired goal






41. Unpleasent consequences used to weaken behavior






42. The process of repeatedly associating a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus in order to evoke a conditioned response






43. Learning based on observation of the consequences of other's behavior