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Learning Curve
Learning curve The timeline of learning. When a person is introduced to new information or a new skill, it may take several learning sessions to acquire that knowledge or skill. Psychologists refer to this acquisition process as the learning curve. In general, this term refers to the time it... Read more |
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Aversion therapy
Aversion therapy Definition Aversion therapy is a form of behavior therapy in which an aversive (causing a strong feeling of dislike or disgust) stimulus is paired with an undesirable behavior in order to reduce or eliminate that behavior. Purpose As with other behavior... Read more |
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Helplessness (Psychology)
Learned Helplessness BIBLIOGRAPHY The term learned helplessness was coined by psychologists Martin Seligman and Steven Maier in 1967 to describe the behavior of dogs who, after experiencing inescapable electric shocks behaved as if they were helpless. As with many terms in psychology, learned... Read more |
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learning
learning in psychology, the process by which a relatively lasting change in potential behavior occurs as a result of practice or experience. Learning is distinguished from behavioral changes arising from such processes as maturation and illness, but does apply to motor skills, such as driving a... Read more |
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Aversion
DISGUST DISGUST. Some philosophers doubt that there is such an emotion as disgust, yet in spite of the concept's overlap and fuzzy edges, there is a learned discourse about disgust defined as a feeling of revulsion. The prime example is in the context of food. Disgust may cause shock, faintness,... Read more |
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trial-and-error learning
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An Enquiry into the Present State of Polite Learning
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Covert sensitization
Covert sensitization Definition Covert sensitization is a form of behavior therapy in which an undesirable behavior is paired with an unpleasant image in order to eliminate that behavior. Purpose As with other behavior modificationtherapies, covert sensitization is a ... Read more |
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Amount of training effects in representation-mediated food aversion learning:...
...consumption of the food in the absence...consumed less food than rats that...learned food aversion was mediated...representation of the food with illness...establish an aversion to the food...food aversion learning occurred...food aversion ... |
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Contextual control of taste aversion in rats: the effects of context extinction.
...both produced a taste aversion (Archer & Sjoden...may control the taste aversion by other mechanisms...combinations reduced the taste aversions. This finding suggests...context over the taste aversion parallels the retrieval...other forms of animal learning (e.g., Bouton...grid front wall ... |
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Ketaset-Rompun anesthesia induces a conditioned taste aversion in rats.
...acquisition of gustatory learning. One result from...impaired one-trial learning of an aversion to sucrose with a...fact interfere with learning of taste aversions. In contrast to studies...21 [degrees] C. Food was available ad libitum... |
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Changes in Brain Chemicals Mark Shifts in Infant Learning.
...preference learning to aversion learning. In a series...preference learning to aversion learning. Based on their...preference learning to aversion learning typical of older...instead of the aversion learning induced by corticosterone...breastfeeding ... |
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New education, learning and motivation findings from Hofstra University...
...in a conditioned taste aversion preparation. In both...competing theories of learning and, (3) their possible adaptive value in food-selection learning." Pineno and colleagues published their study in Learning and Motivation (Failure... |
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Consumption of colored and flavored food morsels by Harris' and American Tree...
...cues to locate and select food items. Eyes enable animals...consumption by birds of food contaminated by toxic...developing delivery systems for aversion learning techniques to reduce depredation...of extruder-produced food morsels by Harris' Sparrows... |
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Small ball: Marketers rely on line extensions; Package goods: Focus on risk...
...today is more on risk aversion. Brand managers often...more marketers may be learning that lesson. New package...particularly pronounced in non-food areas, where some retail...only 22% of new non-food products reached the...one sales threshold in food, drug and mass-merchandise... |
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General biology.(ORAL PRESENTATIONS)(zebrafish and ultraviolet light...
...system. This study explores the effects on learning and aggressive behaviors when dopamine...dopamine transporters are inhibited. A learning set-up commonly called a T-maze and...were made, including the moving of the food source to the lid of the plate and using... |
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Science aversion looms as serious threat to U.S. economy.
...may in fact be getting them off on the wrong foot for future learning. The turn of American children away from science has deep roots...fragmentary moments filled by soccer practice, dance lessons, fast food and channel surfing. Such a frantic pace does not produce the... |
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A DEAD DOG, AND A SLEUTH WITH AN AVERSION TO BROWN
...people, and Mother was very active and rode a bicycle and ate food which was healthy and high in fiber and low in saturated fat...travels, we have the exhilarating and profound experience of learning what it would be like to live in his body and his brain. By... |
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