Unit 7.1 Vocab

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Acquisition

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The initial stage of learning when a response is first established and gradually strengthened.

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Associative Learning

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A learning principle that states ideas and experiences reinforce each other and can be linked to one another.

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Classical Conditioning

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A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired: a response that is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.

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Conditioned Response (CR)

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The learned response to the previously neutral stimulus.

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Conditioned Stimulus (CS)

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An originally irrelevant stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response.

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Discrimination

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The ability to perceive and respond to differences among stimuli.

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Extinction

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The diminishing of a conditioned response when the unconditioned stimulus no longer follows the conditioned stimulus.

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Generalization

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The tendency to respond in the same way to different but similar stimuli.

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Learning

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A relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience.

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Neutral Stimulus (NS)

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A stimulus that initially produces no specific response other than focusing attention.