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| a relatively permanent change in an organisms behavior due to experiences;CL |
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learning that certain events occur together ;CL
example: bounce ball get gold star |
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| a view that psych should be an objective science that studies behavior witout ref to mental processes |
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| a type of learning in which an organism comes to associate stimuli; NS becomes a CS |
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| the initial stage of classical learning |
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| a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by reinforcement or diminished if followed by punishment |
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| behavior that occurs as an automatic response to some stimulus; skinners term for behavior learned through classical conditioning |
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| behavior that operates on the environ, producing consequences |
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| thorndikes principle that behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely and unfavorable less likely |
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| skinner box; a chamber containing a bar that can manipulate for food; used in operant conditioning research |
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| reinforcers guide behavior toward an desired goal; operant conditoning |
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| an innately reinforcing stimulus |
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| a stimulus that gains its reinforing power through association wit a primary reinforcer |
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| reinforcing the desired response every time it occurs |
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| reinforces behavior only part of the time;longer acquisition, less likely to extinguish |
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