Behavioral Learning Flashcard

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What is defined as a relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience?

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Learning

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What term describes an organism's decreasing response to a stimulus with repeated exposure to it?

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Habituation

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What is associative learning?

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Learning that certain events occur together

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What is 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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What is behaviorism?

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The view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes.

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What is an unconditioned response (UR) in classical conditioning?

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An unlearned, naturally occurring response to an unconditioned stimulus.

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What is an unconditioned stimulus (US) in classical conditioning?

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A stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response.

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What is a conditioned stimulus (CS) in classical conditioning?

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An originally irrelevant stimulus that triggers a conditioned response after association.

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What does generalization refer to in classical conditioning?

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The tendency for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses.

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What is discrimination in the context of classical conditioning?

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The learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and other stimuli