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This 55-card flashcard set covers fundamental learning theories including classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and observational learning. It features key figures like Pavlov, Skinner, and Bandura; core concepts such as reinforcement schedules, extinction, and discrimination; and real-world applications in school, sports, work, and parenting. Use it for college-level psychology exam preparation or adult self-study in behavioral and cognitive learning theory.

Subject:
Social Studies
Topic:
Psychology
Grade Level:
College – Not Grade Specific
Updated May 2026

Terms in This Set

  • Learning
  • Associative learning - John Locke & David Hume
  • Stimulus
  • respondent behavior
  • apparent behavior
  • Benefits of learning
  • John Watson
  • Cognitive learning
  • Classical conditioning
  • Behaviorism
  • Neutral stimulus(ns)
  • Unconditioned response (UR)
  • Unconditioned stimulus (US)
  • Conditioned response(CR)
  • Condition stimulus (CS)
  • Acquisition
  • Higher order conditioning
  • Extinction
  • Spontaneous recovery
  • NS
  • US
  • UR
  • CS
  • CR
  • Delayed conditioning
  • Trace conditioning
  • Simultaneous conditioning(Ineffective)
  • Backward conditioning
  • . Importance of Pavlov
  • Generalization
  • Discrimination
  • Child abuse leaves tracts in the brain
  • Classical conditioning Little Albert
  • Operant conditioning vs Operant conditioning
  • Operant conditioning vs Operant conditioning 2
  • Operant conditioning vs Operant conditioning 3
  • Operant conditioning vs Operant conditioning 4
  • Operant conditioning vs Operant conditioning 5
  • Operant conditioning vs Operant conditioning 6
  • Operant conditioning vs Operant conditioning 7
  • BF Skinner
  • Edward Thorndike
  • Reinforcement contingencies - Reinforcement:
  • Reinforcement contingencies: Punishment:
  • ** Schedule of reinforcement: Fixed ratio:
  • ** Schedule of reinforcement: Variable ratio:
  • ** schedule of reinforce: Fixed-interval
  • ** Schedule of reinforcement: Variable-interval
  • Applications of operant conditioning school
  • Applications of operant conditioning sports
  • Applications of operant conditioning work
  • Applications of operant conditioning Parenting
  • Observational learning Albert Bandura - #1 Pioneer in research in Observational learning: Observe and emulate
  • Effects of Observational learning: Prosocial
  • Effects of observational learning: Antisocial

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