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PSYC 2010
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
02/10/2013

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Acquisition
Definition
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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Behaviorism
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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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Classical Conditioning
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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)
Definition
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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Discrimination
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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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Extinction
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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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Generalization
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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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Learning
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a relatively permanent change in on organism's behavior due to experience
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Modeling
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the process of observing and imitating a specific behavior
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Operant Conditioning
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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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Punishment
Definition
an event that decreased the behavior that is follows
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Reinforcer
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in operant conditioning, any event that strengthens the behavior it follows
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Shaping
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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)
Definition
in classical conditioning, a stimulus that unconditionally-naturally and automatically-triggers a response
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