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Behavioral Theories Of Learning

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






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






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






4. A stimulus that naturally evokes a paricular response






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






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






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






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






9. Imitation of others' behaviors






10. Unpleasent consequences used to weaken behavior






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






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






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






14. Continuation (of behavior)






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






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 The weakening and eventural elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn






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






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






19. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior






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






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






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






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






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






25. Perception of and response to differenced in stimuli






26. Pleasurable consequence given to strengthen behavior






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






28. Events that precede behaviors






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






30. A behavior that is prompted automatically by a stimulus






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






32. Learning by observation and imitation






33. Environment conditions that activate the senses






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






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






36. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes.






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






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






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






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






41. Stumuli that have no effect on a particular response






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






43. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior







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