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| a neutral stimulus (the sound of a toilet flushing) becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus (the pain of scalding hot water) and acquires the capacity to elicit a similar response (panic). |
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| unconditioned stimulus(US) |
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| a stimulus that will provoke a response without training (food) |
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| Conditioned Stimulus (CS) |
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| a stimulus that is paired with an unconditioned stimulus (US) |
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| Unconditioned Response (UR) |
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| the same response as the UR, but now to the CS, rather than to a US |
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| refers to the loss of response to a CS presented without the UCS |
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| the tendency of a new stimulus that is similar to the original conditioned stimulus to elicit a response that is similar to the conditioned response . has value in preventing learning from being tied to specific stimuli. |
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| a conditioned reinforcer that has obtained the reinforcing function by pairing with many other reinforcers (One example of this is money because it is paired with many other reinforcers).[12] |
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| Higher-order conditioning |
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| A conditioned stimulus, after having acquired the ability to elicit CR may be used as a UCS for further conditioning. This phenomenon is called higher order conditioning. |
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| was a nine month old baby that was used in a classical conditioning experiment that caused him to become afraid of other animals through this conditioning |
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| attention, retention, reproduction, and motivation |
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emits behavior
organism is necessarily active
acting on the environment changing it |
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elicits behavior
organism is passive
stimulus elicits a reflex response |
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| Operant conditioning organisms make |
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responses that have consequences.
-consequences serve to increase or decrease the likelihood of making that response again |
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| consequences of a response may be reinforcing or punishing |
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| Reinforcement and behavior |
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| increases/strengthens behavior |
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| Positive reinforcement; behavior |
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| appearance of an increase in the intensity of a stimulus |
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| Negative reinforcement; behavior |
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| is strengthened by the removal of or decrease in the intensity of a stimulus |
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