Social Psychology Questions
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an event that tends to decrease the behavior that it follows
the desire to perform a behavior effectively and for its own sake
predispose organisms to learn associations that are naturally adaptive
a learned response to eating food that is toxic, spoiled, or poisoned
remove unpleasant stimulus to increase behavior
behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely, and behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences become less likely
the process of observing and imitating a specific behavior
organisms develop an expectation that CS signals the arrival of US
behaving in ways that gain external rewards or avoid punishment
add pleasant stimulus to increase behavior
the learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and similar stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus
learning associations between events we do not control
natural predispositions constrain what stimuli and responses can easily be associated
the initial stage, when one links a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus begins triggering the conditioned response
acquiring new mental information through observing situations, observing people, or through language
the tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli like the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses
the reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response
the process of acquiring new information through experiences and observations
a biological predisposition to learn associations, such as between taste and nausea, that have survival value
any event or situation that evokes a response