Natural Selection

Define, Give Characteristics, and Contrast

Reflex

Fixed action patterns

Inherited behavior traits

Define:

Habituation

Sensitization

Releaser/ Sign stimulus **

Define and Give Characteristics

Mutation

Learning and natural selection

Nature – nurture debate

Methods and Terminology

Define and Give Characteristics

ABAB design

Multiple baseline *

Between-subjects design

Control group

Descriptive study

Define

Anecdote

Baseline

Dependent variable

Operational definition *

Case study

Contiguous

Contingent

Cumulative recorder

Error

Experimental group

Experimental study

Independent variable

Intensity

Latency

Duration *

Matched sampling

Random assignment

Rate

Interval recording *

Inter-observer reliability *

Confounding variable **

Would we want to add a discussion on the focus of behavioral and cognitive approaches?

Pavlovian Procedures

Define and  Contrast

Backward pairing procedure

Delayed pairing procedure

Simultaneous pairing procedure

Trace pairing procedure

Describe Controlling Variables

Classical conditioning

Contingency vs. contiguity *

Define

Blocking

Compound stimulus

Extinction

Overshadowing

Test trial

Spontaneous recovery

Intertrial interval

Latent inhibition

Acquisition **

Define and Give Examples

Conditional reflex

Conditional response

Conditional stimulus

Higher-order conditioning

Unconditional reflex

Unconditional response

Unconditional stimulus

Contrast

Stimulus Substitution theory **

Conditioned compensatory theory **

Pavlovian Applications

Define and Give Characteristics

Aversion therapy

Describe Examples of Pavlovian Applications in the Following Areas:

Prejudice

Advertising

Sexual Arousal

Taste Aversion

Immune Function

Phobias *

Drug tolerance *

Define and Give Examples

Conditioned emotional response

Conditioned taste aversion

Counterconditioning

Operant Procedures – Reinforcement

Describe and Give Examples

Backward chaining

Chaining

Conditioned reinforcer

Discrete trials procedure

Free operant procedure

Positive reinforcement

Negative reinforcement

Negative reinforcer

Successive approximation

Shaping

Three-term contingency *

Define

Extinction

Forward chaining

Law of effect

Positive reinforcer

Primary reinforcer

Reinforcement

Response chain

Resurgence

Secondary reinforcer

Spontaneous recovery

Define and Describe Controlling Variables

Instrumental learning

Operant learning

Some mention of the associations created during operant conditioning (e.g., Colwill & Rescorla, 1985, 1986)  *

Theories of reinforcement? **

            Premack, Hull, Meehl, Timberlake

Operant Procedures – Punishment

Define

Punisher

Define and Contrast

Negative punishment

Positive punishment

Describe and Give Examples

Response prevention

DRA

DRI

DRL

Describe Controlling Factors **

Punishment

Operant Applications

Describe Applications of  Operant Learning Involving:

Animal Care and Training

Insightful Problem Solving

Self-awareness

Superstition

Creativity

Learned Helplessness and Depression

Self-Injurious Behavior

Verbal behavior

Delusions and Hallucinations

Token economies *

Self-control *

Vicarious Leaning

Define and  Contrast Methods and Results

Vicarious Pavlovian Conditioning

Vicarious Operant Conditioning

Describe Controlling Variables

Vicarious Operant Conditioning

Describe and Contrast

Vicarious Learning

Generalized imitation

Describe Applications of Vicarious Learning Involving:

Foraging

Crime and Television

Phobia Therapy

Generalization, Discrimination and Stimulus Control

Define and Give Characteristics

Discrimination

Generalization

Discrimination training

Discriminative stimulus

Define

Concept

Category learning (e.g., Herrnstein et al., 1976, Wasserman et al., 1988) *

Describe and Give Examples

Errorless discrimination training

Experimental neuroses

Generalization gradient

S^D

S^D

Stimulus control

Semantic generalization

Peak shift

Excitation and inhibition *

Describe Controlling Variables

Generalization

Discrimination

Schedules of Reinforcement

Describe How Reinforcement is Earned on these Simple Schedules

CRF

Fixed interval schedule

Fixed ratio schedule

Variable interval schedule

Variable ratio schedule

Describe the Behavioral Pattern Typical of These Simple Schedules

Fixed interval schedule

Fixed ratio schedule

Variable interval schedule

Variable ratio schedule

Describe How Reinforcement is Earned on these Complex Schedules

Chain schedule

Concurrent schedule

Mixed schedule

Multiple schedule

DRH

DRL

Define

Fixed time schedule

Variable time schedule

Frustration hypothesis

Intermittent schedule

Matching law

Ratio strain

Post-reinforcement pause

Schedule of reinforcement

Sequential hypothesis

Stretching the ratio

Partial reinforcement extinction effect **

Memory and Forgetting

Describe the Following Procedures Used to Study Memory

Delayed matching to sample

Extinction method

Free recall

Method of loci

Paired associate learning

Prompted recall

Relearning method

Recognition

Savings method

Define

Mnemonic

Overlearning

Peg word system

Proactive interference

Reminiscence

Retention interval

Retroactive interference

State-dependent learning **

Describe Factors that influence memory **

Limits of Learning

Describe and Give Examples of the Following Limits on Learning

Physical Characteristics of the Learner

Neurological Damage

Preparedness

Critical periods

Define

Instinctive drift

Imprinting

Autoshaping

Describe

Garcia’s experiments and results on taste aversion