Psychology Honors Unit 4 Vocabulary

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a learning procedure in which associations are made between a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus

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classical conditioning

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a stimulus that does not initially elicit any part of an unconditioned response

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neutral stimulus

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an event that elicits a certain predictable response without previous training

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unconditioned stimulus (US)

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an organism's automatic(or natural) reaction to a stimulus

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unconditioned response(UR)

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a response elicited by the conditioned stimulus

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conditioned response (CR)

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a once-neutral event that elicits a given response after a period of training in which it has been paired with an unconditioned stimulus

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conditioned stimulus (CS)

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In classical conditioning, what is the tendency for a stimulus that is similar to the original conditioned stimulus to elicit a response that is similar to the conditioned response?

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generalization

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the ability to respond differently to similar but distinct stimuli

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discrimination

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In classical conditioning, what is the term for the gradual disappearance of a conditioned response because the reinforcement is withheld or because the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus?

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extinction

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a form of learning in which a certain action is reinforced or punished, resulting in corresponding increases or decreases in the likelihood that similar actions will occur again

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operant conditioning