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17 Cards in this Set
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Typical behaviour
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A behaviour which is considered normal, usually because it applies to the majority of people
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Atypical behaviour
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A behaviour which is considered abnormal, usually because it applies to a minority of people
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Phobia
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An atypical fear response, given the object or situation
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Agoraphobia
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An extreme fear of being in public spaces away from the safety of the home
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School Phobia
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An extreme fear of attending and being in school
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Social Phobia
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An extreme fear of being exposed or embarressed during social contact
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Acrophobia
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An extreme fear of heights
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Arachnophobia
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An extreme fear of spiders
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Behaviourists
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A group of psychologists who believe that human behaviours are learnt rather than natural
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Classical conditioning
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Learning by association, so that certain stimuli are associated with certain responses
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Unconditioned response
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A response which is natural and does not need to be learnt
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Unconditioned stimulus
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Something that triggers a natural (unconditioned) response
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Neutral stimulas
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Something that would not normally trigger a reaction
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Conditioned stimulus
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Something that triggers a learnt response; something we have been conditioned to respond to
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Conditioned response
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A response which has been learnt (or conditioned) through associatiom
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Operant conditioning
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Learning by consequences. If the consequences of an action are rewarding , we learn to do them again. However, if the consequences are negative, we tend not to repeat the action
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Evolution theory
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The theory that animals have evolved over time and instinctively behave in ways that allow them to survive and reproduce
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