Behaviorism Vocabulary Flashcards

A type of learning that occurs when individuals learn to produce involuntary emotional or physiological responses.

An object or event that causes an instinctive or reflexive physiological or emotional response.

<p>The instinctive or reflexive physiological or emotional response caused by an unconditioned stimulus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An object or event that doesn't initially impact behavior one way or another.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A formerly neutral stimulus that becomes associated with the unconditioned stimulus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A learned physiological or emotional response that is similar to the unconditioned response.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process that occurs when stimuli similar, but not identical, to a conditioned stimulus elicit the conditioned response.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The disappearance of a conditioned response as the result of the conditioned stimulus occurring repeatedly in the absence of the unconditioned stimulus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A form of learning in which an observable response changes in frequency or duration as a result of a consequence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Event (stimulus) that occurs following a behavior and that influences the probability of the behavior recurring.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A consequence that increases the likelihood of a behavior recurring.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process of applying reinforcers to increase behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process of increasing the frequency or duration of a behavior as the result of presenting a reinforcer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process of increasing behavior by avoiding or removing an aversive stimulus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Consequences that weaken behaviors or decrease the likelihood of the behaviors recurring.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process of using punishers to decrease behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A decrease in behavior that occurs when a stimulus (punisher) is presented.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A decrease in behavior that occurs when a stimulus is removed, or when an individual cannot receive positive reinforcement.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A change in mental processes that creates the capacity to demonstrate different behaviors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A general term that refers to behavioral, cognitive, and affective changes deriving from observing one or more models.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process of performing a demonstration combined with verbalizing the thinking behind the actions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process of people observing the consequences of others' actions and adjusting their own behavior accordingly.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A self-imposed restriction on one's behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process of setting personal goals, combined with motivation, thought processes, strategies, and behaviors that lead to reaching the goals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A procedure that combines behavioral and cognitive learning principles to promote behavioral change in students through self-talk and self-instruction.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An American psychologist who founded behaviorism, emphasizing the scientific study of observable behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Emphasis on external behaviors of people and their reactions to a given situation; studied Little Albert.</p> Signup and view all the answers