Memory Game English classOnline version The work by Carlos David Guzman Olan The hypothesis that the human brain has evolved, so that humans can maintain larger ingroups. Vicarious reinforcement The phenomenon in which a taste is paired with sickness, and this causes the organism to reject—and dislike—that taste in the future. Priming Group to which a person does not belong. When an operant behavior is controlled by a stimulus that precedes it. Social Learning Theory Syntax The theory that people can learn new responses and behaviors by observing the behavior of others. In classical conditioning, an innate response that is elicited by a stimulus before (or in the absence of) conditioning. A tendency for people to characterize positive things about their ingroup using more abstract expressions, but negative things about their outgroups using more abstract expressions. Recovery of an extinguished response that occurs when the context is changed after extinction. Networks of social relationships among individuals through which information can travel Rules by which words are strung together to form sentences. Words and expressions Audience design Information that is shared by people who engage in a conversation. A stimulus presented to a person reminds him or her about other ideas associated with the stimulus. Constructing utterances to suit the audience’s knowledge Common ground The hypothesis that the language that people use determines their thoughts Taste aversion learning Renewal effect Group to which a person belongs Learning that occurs by observing the reinforcement or punishment of another person Social networks Lexicon Social brain hypothesis Stimulus control Situation model Recovery of an extinguished response that occurs with the passage of time after extinction. Can occur after extinction in either classical or instrumental conditioning. Authorities that are the targets for observation and who model behaviors. Linguistic intergroup bias Ingroup A mental representation of an event, object, or situation constructed at the time of comprehending a linguistic description Sapir-Whorf hypothesis Outgroup Social models Unconditioned stimulus Spontaneous recovery