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Key Concepts in Learning Theories

This document outlines key concepts and people related to learning in psychology, including classical and operant conditioning, reinforcement and punishment, and various learning processes like generalization and discrimination. It covers ideas from seminal thinkers like Ivan Pavlov, Edward Thorndike, B.F. Skinner, and Albert Bandura, and defines important terms in learning theory, from unconditioned stimuli to different reinforcement schedules.

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Key Concepts in Learning Theories

This document outlines key concepts and people related to learning in psychology, including classical and operant conditioning, reinforcement and punishment, and various learning processes like generalization and discrimination. It covers ideas from seminal thinkers like Ivan Pavlov, Edward Thorndike, B.F. Skinner, and Albert Bandura, and defines important terms in learning theory, from unconditioned stimuli to different reinforcement schedules.

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Unit 4 (learning) Curriculum

Learning

Acquisition

Extinction

Spontaneous recovery

Generalization

Discrimination

Classical conditioning

Unconditioned stimulus

Unconditioned response

Conditioned response

Conditioned stimulus

Aversive conditioning

Second-order or higher-order conditioning

Learned taste aversion

Operant conditioning

Law of effect

Instrumental learning

Skinner box

Reinforcer, reinforcement

Positive reinforcement

Negative

reinforcement

Punishment

Positive punishment

Omission training

Shaping

Chaining

Primary reinforcers
Secondary reinforcers

Generalized reinforcers

Token economy

Reinforcement schedules—FI, FR, VI, VR

Continuous reinforcement

Partial-reinforcement effect

Instinctive drift

Observational learning or modeling

Latent learning

Insight learning

Key people

Ivan Pavlov

John B. Watson

Rosalie Rayner

John Garcia

Robert Koelling

Edward Thorndike

B. F. Skinner

Robert Rescorla

Albert Bandura

Edward Tolman

Wolfgang Köhler

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