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| the learning process in which an originally neutral stimulus becomes associated with a particular response that the stimulus did not originally produce |
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| a learned pattern of behavior that is typically similar or identical to an automatic, unlearned response |
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| a once neutral stimulus which, through a learning process, produces a conditioned response |
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| the process in which reinforcment always and invariably follows a particular operant behavior |
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| the gradual reduction in the conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is presented without the unconditioned stimulus |
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| fixed-interval reinforcement |
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| a schedule of reinforcement in which the first response made following a specific time interval is reinforced |
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| the maladaptive process through which an individual is conditioned to emit no behavior to escape adversive conditions |
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| the maladaptive process through which an individual is conditioned to emit no behavior to escape adversive conditions |
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| fixed-ratio reinforcement |
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| a schedule of reinforcement in which a fixed number of responses must be made before a response is reinforced |
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| the subject of watson's classical conditioning experiment |
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| the process whereby the removal of a pleasent stimulus results in a decreased probability of a response |
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| the process whereby the removal of an unpleasant stimulus results in a decreased probabilty of a response |
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| the founder of classical conditioning who taught dogs to salivate to the sound of a bell |
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| the process whereby the addition of an unpleasant stimulus results in a decreased probability of a response |
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| the process whereby the addition of a pleasent stimulus results in an increased probability of a response |
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| a procedure in which responses that approximate the target behavior are reinforced |
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| the researcher who coined the term "operant conditioning," and performed most of his experiments using rats |
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| learning that occurs by observing the behavior of others as well as the environment outcomes of their behavior |
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| an unprompted reappearance of an extinguished response |
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| the ability to perceive a difference between two stimuli |
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| the tendency to perceive stimuli that share common properties as being similar |
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| the behaviorist who discovered the law of effect |
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| an automatic, unlearned physiological response to a stimulus |
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| a stimulus that elicts an automatic, unlearned response |
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| variable-interval reinforcement |
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| a schedule of reinforcement in which the first response following a varying time interval is reinforced |
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| variable-ratio reinforcement |
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| a schedule of reinforcement in which a varying number of responses must be made before a response is reinforced |
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| the researcher who classically conditioned a child to fear furry white objects |
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