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| A type of learning response that occurs when a neutral object comes to elicit a reflexive response |
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| A learning process in which the consequences of an action determine the likelihood that it will be repeated in the future |
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| Instrumental Conditioning |
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| Also known as operant conditioning, occurs when we learn that a behavior leads to a particular outcome |
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| Founder of Behavioralism, school of thought based upon the belief that animals and humans are born with the potential to learn just about anything. Based upon ideas by John Locke. |
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| Unconditioned Response (UR) |
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| a response that does not have to be learned, such as a reflex |
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| Unconditioned Stimulus (US) |
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| a stimulus that elicits a response, such as a reflex, without prior learning |
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| Conditioned Stimulus (CS) |
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| A stimulus that elicits a response only after learning has taken place |
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| Occurs when the stimuli similar, but not identical to the CS produce the CR. When a different tone is sounded and the dog salivates in expectation of food |
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| A difference between two similar stimuli when only one of them is consistently associated with the unconditioned stimulus |
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| a process in which a previously extinguished response reemerges following the presentation of the conditioned stimulus |
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| Closely associated with instrumental & Operant conditioning. Suggests that animals act upon their environment to produce an effect |
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| a stimulus that follows a response and increases the likelihood that a response will be repeated |
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| a process of operant conditioning; it involves reinforcing behaviors that are increasingly similar to the desired behavior |
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| Successive approximations |
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| eventually produces the desired behavior; helping the animal to understand which behavior is being enforced |
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| the increase in the probability of a behavior's being repeated following the administration of a stimulus |
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| The increase in the probability of a behavior's being repeated through the removal of a stimulus |
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| A schedule in which reinforcement is based upon the number of times the behavior occurs |
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| a schedule in which reinforcements are consistently provided upon each occurrence |
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