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| a connection between the representations of two events (2 stimuli or a stimulus and a response) such that the occurrence of one of the events activates the representation of the other |
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| the view of behavior according to which actions can be separated into 2 categories: voluntary behavior controlled by the mind and involuntary behavior controlled by reflex mechanisms |
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| a philosophy according to which all ideas in the mind arise from experience |
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| a temporary decrease in behavior caused by repeated or excessive use of the muscles involved in the behavior |
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| the philosophy proposed by Hobbes according to which the actions of organisms are determined by the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain |
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| an enduring change in the mechanisms of behavior involving specific stimuli and/or responses that results from prior experience with similar stimuli and responses |
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| a change in behavior caused by physical or physiological development of the organism in the absence of experience with particular environmental events |
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| a philosophy according to which human beings are born with innate ideas |
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| the philosophical position adopted by Pavlov that all behavioral and physiological processes are regulated by the nervous system |
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| a three-letter combination (two consonants separated by a vowel) that has no meaning |
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| an organism's activities at a particular time |
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| a mechanism that enables a specific environmental event to elicit a specific response |
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