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Exam 2- CIS Psychology

Dopamine- A chemical that ferries information between neurons. (known
as the "feel good" neurotransmitter.


"Nonassociative" learning- Simple learning to reduce or increase the
amount of responding we do to stimuli that innately drive a response.
Learning about one thing and it is linked to nothing.


Habituation- Reducing your response to something that repeats in your
environment and does not predict anything.


Sensitization- Increasing your response to something that repeats in your
environment and is potentially noxious.


Associative learning- Linking up stimuli and experiences because
something that was previously neutral predicts something important. These
provoke responses/actions.


Extinction- The gradual weakening of a conditional response that results
in the behavior decreasing or disappearing. Important for how we deal with
memories and stress.


Blocking- A process in which ones flow of thought or speech is suddenly
interrupted.


The garcia effect- Conditioned taste aversions develop after a specific
food becomes associated with a negative reaction, such as nausea or
vomiting.


Latent inhibition- Familiar stululus takes longer to acquire meaning than a
new stimulus. May have trouble learning that a cue predicts anything at all.


Operant learning (instrumental)- A method of learning that uses rewards
and punishment to modify behavior. Means learning teo associations.

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Learning- A relatively permanent change in behavior that results from
experience.


Acquisition- The moment when a response is established based on
conditioning.


Spontaneous recovery- When a behavior that is believed to be extinct
unexpectedly and quickly returns after a period of rest or lessoned
response.


Algorithm- A procedure that always produces a correct solution.
Computers execute algorithms.


Heuristics- mental shortcuts that allow people to solve problems and
make judgments quickly and efficiently. These rule-of-thumb strategies
shorten decision-making time and allow people to function without
constantly stopping to think about their next course of action. People use
heuristics.


Inductive reasoning- Takes specific knowledge, through observation and
experience, and then creates a general conclusion.


Normative Approach- a value based approach to building communities,
based on the assumption that all people have a need to belong, want to
have a sense of purpose, and want to experience success.


Descriptive approach- Designed to scientifically describe or explain what
happens to whom and where, as opposed to why or how it happens.


Biases in inductive reasoning- Ignoring bias rates, the representatives
heuristic, the availability heuristic, confirmation bias, and the role of prior
knowledge.

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