Chapter 7 psychology 1000

Cognitive map

A mental representation of the layout of ones environment

Fixed ratio schedule

A schedule that reinforces a response after a specific number of responses

Variable ratio schedule

A schedule that reinforces a response after unpredictable number of responses

In classical conditioning ________ is associating events when the CS announces the US?

Acquisition

Respondent behavior occurs as

An automatic response to some stimulus

Antisocial

Behavior that is harmful destructive and or violent.

Adaptability

Being able to learn new behaviors that help an organism cope with new or changing circumstances

Learning through association

Classical and operant conditioning

People and animals learn the association between two stimuli through?

Classical conditioning

Operant behavior operates on

Environment

The law of effect

Favorable consequences lead to repeated behavior, Unfavorable consequences make the behavior less likely

Mirror neurons are found in the brains

Frontal lobe

Classical conditioning conditions what behavior?

Involuntary

Latent learning

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

The process of learning and imitating behavior is called

Modeling

Learning through imitation

Observational learning

People and animals learn about the consequences of a behavior through?

Operant conditioning

Operant conditioning conditions what behavior?

Voluntary