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| initial learning; when one links a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus begins triggering the conditioned response. In operant conditioning, the strengthening of a reinforced response |
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| the view that psychology 1. should be an objective science that 2. studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most research psychologists today agree with 1. but not with 2 |
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| a type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events |
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| Conditioned Response (CR) |
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| in classical conditioning, the learned response to a previously neutral (but now conditioned) stimulus (CS) |
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| Conditioned Stimulus (CS) |
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| in classical conditioning, an originally irrelevant stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus (US), comes to trigger a conditioned response |
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| in classical conditioning, the learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus |
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The diminishing of a conditioned response; occurs in classical conditioning when an unconditioned
stimulus (US) does not follow a conditioned stimulus (CS); occurs in operant conditioning when a response is no longer reinforced |
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| the tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses |
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| a relatively permanent change in on organism's behavior due to experience |
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| the process of observing and imitating a specific behavior |
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| a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforce or diminished if followed by a punisher |
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| an event that decreased the behavior that is follows |
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| in operant conditioning, any event that strengthens the behavior it follows |
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| an operant conditioning procedure in which reinforcers guide behavior toward closer and closer approximations of the desired behavior |
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| Unconditioned Response (UCR) |
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| in classical conditioning, the unlearned, naturally occurring response to the unconditioned stimulus (US), such as salivation when food is in the mouth |
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| Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS) |
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| in classical conditioning, a stimulus that unconditionally-naturally and automatically-triggers a response |
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