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| some experience that results in a relatively permanent change in the state of the learner |
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| a general process in which repeated or prolonged exposure to a stimulus results in a gradual reduction in responding |
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| when a neutral stimulus evokes a response after being paired with a stimulus that naturally evokes a response |
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| unconditioned stimulus (US) |
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| something that reliably produces elicited by an unconditioned stimulus |
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| unconditioned response (UR) |
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| a reflexive reaction that is reliably elicited by an unconditioned stimulus |
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| conditioned stimulus (CS) |
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| a stimulus that is initially neutral and produces no reliable response in a n organism |
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| conditioned response (CR) |
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| a reaction that resembles an unconditioned response but is produced by a conditioned stimulus |
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| the phase of classical conditioning when the CS and US are presented together |
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| the gradual elimination of a learned response that occurs when the US is no longer presented |
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| the tendency of a learned behavior to recover from extinction after a rest period |
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| a process in which the CR is observed even though the CS is slightly different from the original one used during acquisition |
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| the capacity to distinguish between similar but distinct stimuli |
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| a propensity for learning particular kinds of associations over others |
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| a type of learning in which the consequences of an organism's behavior determine whether it will be repeated in the future |
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| the principle that behaviors that are followed by a "satisfying state of affairs" tend to be repeated and those that produce an "unpleasant state of affairs" are less likely to be repeated |
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| behavior that an organism produces that has some impact on the environment |
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| any stimulus or event that functions to increase the likelihood of the behavior that led to it |
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| any stimulus or event that functions to decrease the likelihood of the behavior that led to it |
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| over-justification effect |
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| circumstances when external rewards undermine the intrinsic satisfaction of performing a behavior |
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| learning that results from the reinforcement of successive approximations to a final desired behavior |
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| fixed interval schedule (FI) |
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| an operant conditioning principle in which reinforcements are presented at fixed time periods, provided that the appropriate response is made |
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| vairable interval schedule (VI) |
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| an operant conditioning principle in which behavior is reinforced based on an average time that has expired since the last reinforcement |
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| fixed ratio schedule (FR) |
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| an operant conditioning principle in which reinforcement is delivered after a specific number of responses have been made |
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| variable ratio schedule (VR) |
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| an operant conditioning principle in which the delivery of reinforcement is based on a particular average number of responses |
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| intermittent reinforcement |
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| an operant conditioning principle in which only some of the responses made are followed by reinforcement |
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| intermittent reinforcement effect |
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| the fact that operant behaviors that are maintained under intermittent reinforcement schedules resist extinction better than those maintained under continuous reinforcement |
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| a condition in which something is learned but it is not manifested as a behavioral change until sometime in the future |
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| a mental representation of the physical features of the environment |
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| a condition in which learning takes place by watching ht actions of others |
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| learning that takes place largely independent of awareness of both the process and the products of information acquisition |
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