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Behavioral Theories Of Learning

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






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






3. Unpleasent consequences used to weaken behavior






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






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






6. Imitation of others' behaviors






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






8. Pleasurable consequence given to strengthen behavior






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes.






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






18. Environment conditions that activate the senses






19. A stimulus that naturally evokes a paricular response






20. Continuation (of behavior)






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






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






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






24. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior






25. Stumuli that have no effect on a particular response






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






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






28. Events that precede behaviors






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






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






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






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






33. A behavior that is prompted automatically by a stimulus






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






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






36. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior






37. An unpleasant consequence that a person tries to avoid or escape






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






39. Perception of and response to differenced in stimuli






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






41. Learning by observation and imitation






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






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






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