Ch. 6, Module 14 Classical Conditioning

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Any relatively permanent change in behavior brought about by experience and or practice.

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learning

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Learning to elicit an involuntary response to a stimulus other than the original, natural stimulus that normally produces the response.

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classical conditioning

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A naturally occurring stimulus that leads to an involuntary response.

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Unconditioned stimulus

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An involuntary response to a naturally occurring or unconditioned stimulus.

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Unconditional response

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Stimulus that becomes able to produce a learned response by being paired with the original unconditioned stimulus.

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Conditioned Stimulus

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A distinction is made between the unconditioned stimulus and a similar stimulus and an unconditioned response is not elicited.

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Stimulus discrimination

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Learned response to a conditioned stimulus.

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Conditioned response

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The tendency to respond to a stimulus similar to the original conditioned stimulus, with the conditioned response.

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Stimulus generalization

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The disappearance or weakening of a learned response following the removal or absence of the unconditioned stimulus (in classical conditioning) or the removal of a reinforcer (in operant conditioning).

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Extinction

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The reappearance of a learned response after extinction has occurred.

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Spontaneous recovery