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| type of learning in which organism comes to associate stimuli, a neutral stimulus that signals an unconditioned stimulus beings to produce a response that anticipates and prepares for the unconditioned stimulus |
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| unlearned naturally occurring response to the unconditioned stimulus |
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| stimulus that unconditionally-naturally and automatically triggers a response |
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| learned response to the previously neutral (but not conditioned) stimulus |
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| originally irrelevant stimulus that after association with an unconditioned stimulus comes to trigger a conditioned response |
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| diminishing of a conditioned response; when an unconditioned stimulus does not follow a conditioned stimulus |
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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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| learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus |
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| type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punishment |
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| an operant conditioning procedure in which reinforcers guide behavior toward close and closer approximations of the desired behavior |
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| any event that strengthens the behavior it follows |
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| increasing behaviors by presenting positive stimuli, such as food; any stimulus, that when presented after a response, strengthens that response |
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| increasing behavior by stopping or reducing negative stimuli, such as shock |
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| reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified number of responses |
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| reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response after an unpredictable number of responses |
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| reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified time has elapsed |
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| variable-interval schedule |
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| reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response at unpredictable time intervals |
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| event that decreases the behavior that it follows |
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| learning by observing others |
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| process of observing and imitating a specific behavior |
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