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learning

 

behaviorism

 

classical conditioning

 

Ivan Pavlov

 

neutral stimulus

 

unconditioned stimulus

 

unconditioned response

 

conditioned stimulus

 

conditioned response

 

acquisition

 

extinction

 

spontaneous recovery

 

stimulus generalization

 

stimulus discrimination

 

second-order / higher-order conditioning

 

John B. Watson & Rosalie Rayner

 

“Little Albert” study

 

aversive conditioning

 

learned taste aversion

 

biological preparedness

 

operant conditioning

 

Edward Thorndike

 

Law of Effect

 

instrumental learning

 

B. F. Skinner

 

positive reinforcement

 

negative reinforcement

 

primary reinforcer

 

secondary reinforcer

 

positive punishment

 

negative punishment / omission training

 

operant box / “Skinner box”

 

chaining

 

shaping

 

continuous reinforcement

 

intermittent reinforcement

 

schedules of reinforcement

 

fixed-ratio schedule

 

variable-ratio schedule

 

fixed-interval schedule

 

variable-interval schedule

 

superstition

 

David Premack / Premack Principle

 

Keller & Marian Breland

 

instinctual drift

 

Rescorla-Wagner Model / Contingency Model

 

observational learning

 

Albert Bandura

 

“Bobo doll” study

 

modeling

 

vicarious reinforcement

 

latent learning

 

Edward Tolman

 

cognitive map

 

abstract learning

 

Wolfgang Köhler

 

insight learning

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History & Approaches, Research Methods, Biological Bases of Behaviors, Sensation & Perception

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Learning, Memory, Language & Cognition, States of Consciousness

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Intelligence, Personality, Motivation & Emotion, Development

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Social Psychology, Stress & Health, Psychological Disorders (up-to-date for DSM-5), Treatment