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Themes and Variations
Learning & Development
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
10/16/2012

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Generalization
Definition
More than what it was before; conditioned response to similar original stimulus
Ex: dont like one flavor of gatorade therefore hate all flavors
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Discrimination
Definition
Opposite of generalization
ex: you can do different flavors of gatorade
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Higher-order conditioning
Definition
Layers of conditioned responses
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Classical Conditioning
Definition
Automatic; environment gets response out of you
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Operant Conditioning
Definition
All about reinforcement; you're getting a response out of your environment to your behavior
THINK REWARD/PAYOFF
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Negative Reinforcement
Definition
You get to stop something you don't like by responding in a certain way
Ex: nagging kid who gets something --> parents just want him to shut up
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Reinforcement always ________ behavior (regardless if positive or negative)
Definition
INCREASES
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Fixed schedule of reinforcement
Definition
Faster learning, faster extinction
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Variable schedule of reinforcement
Definition
Slower learning, slower extinction
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Primary Reinforcer
Definition
Closely tied to basic biological needs
Ex: food, water, sex
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Secondary reinforcer
Definition
Helps us get primary renforcer
Ex: money, prestige
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Punishment ______ behavior
Definition
DECREASES
Term
Encoding
Definition
Taking in info; more of attn, motivation, and level of processing make it more likely to store in memory
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Hippocampus
Definition
Facts/events; stores emotional memory; necessary in forming long-term memories
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Amygdala
Definition
Emotional facts/events; boosts activity in hippocampus; alerts us to things that are important (inc. attn therefore helps encoding of emotional stimuli); provides initial emotional response
Term
Short-term memory
Definition
Pre-frontal cortex
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Long-term memory
Definition
Changes in synaptic connections; hippocampus necessary; distributed cortical areas
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Heuristics
Definition
Mental shortucuts
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Semantic slanting
Definition
Sugarcoating labels
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Framing effect
Definition
Tend to react differently depending on how problem was framed
Term
ADHD
Definition
PFC is undreactivated
Term
PFC
Definition
can override amygdala; responsible for reasoning
Term
Memory Retrieval
Definition
Reality, source, destination memory, ineffective encoding, interference, suggestibility/misinformation
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Motivated forgetting/Repression
Definition
Hippocampus has to work to keep memory out of awareness
Term
Affective processes
Definition
has to do with emotion; learning, memory, decision-making
Term
2 things needed for decision-making
Definition
1. going off intuition and allowing feeling-memories to guide us
2. using our reason, weighing options
Term
Developmental outcomes are _____ and _______
Definition
polygenic; multifactorial
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Interactionist perspective
Definition
many things interacting to influence development
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Systems perspectives
Definition
interaction and development outcome is greater than sum of its parts
whole > sum of parts
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Epigenetic marks
Definition
whats activated and what's not; can be passed on
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Risk factors
Definition
bad stuff that increases chances of problems in our development
Term
promotive factors
Definition
good stuff that increases the chances of nice outcomes in our development
Term
protective factors
Definition
godo stuff that increases our chances of us ending up ok even if we have lots of bad stuff in our lives; RESILIENCE
Term
Turning points
Definition
Most often occur thru new people and new opportunities
Term
Off-time social roles
Definition
Ex: widow at the age of 30
Term
Attachments
Definition
close relationships
Term
if other person is _____ responsive to your needs -> develop a ____ attachment
(emotionally & physically safe, present)
Definition
reliably; secure
Term
if other person is _____ responsive to your needs -> develop a ____ attachment
(not emotionally safe, present)
Definition
inconsistently; insecure
Term
Insecure attachments lead to 2 types
Definition
Anxious-ambivalent
avoidant
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Bonding hormones
Definition
oxytocin & vasopressin
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