AP Psych Unit 4 Test

a mental representation of the layout of one’s environment. For example, after exploring a maze, rats act as if they have learned a cognitive map of it

learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it

a sudden realization of a problem’s solution

a desire to perform a behavior effectively for its own sake

a desire to perform a behavior to receive promised rewards or avoid threatened punishment

alleviating stress using emotional, cognitive, or behavioral methods

attempting to alleviate stress directly- by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor

attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to one’s stress reaction

the hopelessness and passive resignation an animal or human learns when unable to avoid repeated aversive events

the perception that chance or outside forces beyond our personal control determine our fate

the perception that you control you own fate

the ability to control impulses and delay short-term gratification for greater long-term rewards

learning by observing others. Also called social learning

the process of observing and imitating a specific behavior

frontal lobe neurons that some scientists believe fire when performing certain actions or when observing another doing so. The brain’s mirroring of another’s action may enable imitation and empathy

positive, constructive, helpful behavior. The opposite of antisocial behavior

a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followd by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher

Thorndike’s principle that behaviors followed by favorable consequences became more likely, and that behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences become less likely

in operant conditioning research, a chamber containing a bar or key that an animal can manipulate to obtain a food or water reinforcer; attached devices record the animal’s rate of bar pressing or key pecking

in operant conditioning, any even that strengthens the behavior it follows

an operant conditioning procedure in which reinforcers guide behavior toward closer and close approximations of the desired behavior

in operant conditioning, a stimulus that elicits a response after association with reinforcement

increasing behaviors by presenting positive reinforcers. A positive reinforcers is any stimulus that, when presented after a response, strengthens the response

increasing behaviors by stopping or reducing negative stimulus; any stimulus that, when removed after a response, strengthens the response

in innately reinforcing stimulus, such as one that satisfies a biological need

a stimulus that gains its reinforcing power through its association with a primary reinforcer; also known as secondary reinforcer

a pattern that defines how often a desired response will be reinforced

reinforcing the desired response every time it occurs

reinforcing a response only part of the time; results in slower acquisition of a response but much greater resistance to extinction than does continuous reinforcement

in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified number of responses

in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response after an unpredictable number of responses

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

in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response at unpredictable time intervals

an event that tends to decrease the behavior that it follows

a system for electronically recording, amplifying, and feeding back information regarding a subtle physiological state, such as blood pressure or muscle tension

behavior that occurs as an automatic response to some stimulus

behavior that operates on the environment, producing consequences

the process of acquiring new and relatively enduring information or behaviors

an organism’s decreasing response to a stimulus with repeated exposure to it

learning that certain events occur together. The events may be two stimuli or as a response and its consequences

any event or situation that evokes a response

the acquisition of mental information, whether by observing events, by watching others, or through language

a type of learning in which one learns to like two or more stimuli and anticipate events

the view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most research psychologist today agree with (1) but not with (2).

in classical conditioning a stimulus that elicits no response before conditioning

in classical condition, an unlearned, naturally occurring response (such as salivation) to an unconditioned stimulus (US) (such as food in the mouth)

in classical conditioning, a stimulus that unconditionally-naturally and automatically-triggers a response (UR)

in classical conditioning, a learned response to a previously neutral (but new conditioned) stimulus (CS)

in classical conditioning, an originally irrelevant stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus (US), comes to trigger a conditioned response (CR)

in classical conditioning, the initial stage, when one links a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus begins triggering the conditioned response. In operant conditioning, the strengthening of a reinforced response

a procedure in which the conditioned stimulus in one conditioning experience is paired with a new neutral stimulus, creating a second (often weaker) conditioned stimulus

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 inisno longer reinforced

the reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response

the tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses

in classical conditioning, the learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus