exam #2 | PSY 1012 - General Psychology, Quizzes of Psychology

Download exam #2 | PSY 1012 - General Psychology and more Quizzes Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 schedules of reinforcement DEFINITION 1 continuous reinforcement follow each instance of the operent response -quick to learn -quick to disapper TERM 2 partial DEFINITION 2 tonly a portion of responses are reinforced, given in two typesof schedules -ratio -interval TERM 3 fixed ratio schedule DEFINITION 3 after a specified number of correct responses reinforcement is given -Bonuses TERM 4 variable ratio schedule DEFINITION 4 number of responses varies each time prior to reinforcement being given -gambling TERM 5 punishment DEFINITION 5 -flip side of reinforcement introduction of averse stimuli or the removal of a reinforcing stimuli after a response causing a weakening of the response. TERM 6 cognitive learning DEFINITION 6 involves mental processes that cannot be directly observed thinking information processing problem solving mental imaging TERM 7 insight learning DEFINITION 7 the process of mentally working through a problem until the sudden realization of a solution occurs Aha phenomenon TERM 8 latent learning DEFINITION 8 hidden learning treinforcement and that is not revealed in performance at the time it occurshat occurs without apperent TERM 9 cognitive map DEFINITION 9 mental representation of the world around us. TERM 10 implicit learning DEFINITION 10 learning without conscious awareness acquiring new behaviors without making consciouseffort to do so and cannot verbally articulate what has been learned