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| process in which sensory receptors and the nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment |
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| process of organizing and interpreting sensory information enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events |
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| Information processing guided by higher-level mental processes, as when we construct perceptions drawing on our experiences and expectations |
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| analysis that begins with the sensory receptors and works up to the brains integration of sensory information |
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| diminished sensitivity as a consequence of constant stimulation |
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| point where optic nerve leaves eye |
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| organization of visual field into objects that stand out from their surroundings |
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| perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups |
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| type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events |
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| Neural Stimulus (Classical Conditioning) |
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| stimulus that elicits no response before stimulus |
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| Unconditioned Response (UR)(Classical Conditioning) |
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| an unlearned, naturally occurring response to an unconditioned stimulus |
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| Conditioned Response(CR) Classical Conditioning) |
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| a learned response to a previously neutral(but now conditioned) stimulus |
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| diminishing of a conditioned response |
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| the reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response |
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| tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses |
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| In Classical Conditioning, the learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and stimuli that doesn't signal and unconditioned response |
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| type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforce or diminished if followed by a punisher |
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| Reinforcer Positive and Negative |
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Positive: any stimulus that when added strengthens a response
Negative: any stimulus that when removed strengthens response |
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| event that tends to decrease the behavior it follows |
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| an operant conditioning procedure in which reinforcers guide behavior toward closer and closer approximation of the desired behavior |
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| reinforcing a response only part of the time, results in slower acquisition of a response but much greater resistance to extinction that does continuous reinforcement |
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| reinforcing the desired response every time it occurs |
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| learning by observing others |
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| process of observing and imitating a specific behavior |
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