Unit 3: Development & Learning (Learning)

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Behavioral Perspective

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A psychological approach that emphasizes learning through interactions with the environment.

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Classical Conditioning

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A learning process where a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus to produce a response.

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Association

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A connection made between two stimuli or a stimulus and a response.

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Acquisition

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The initial stage in classical conditioning when the organism learns the connection between stimuli.

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Associative Learning

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Learning that two events occur together; includes classical and operant conditioning.

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Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)

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A stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response.

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Unconditioned Response (UR)

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A naturally occurring response to an unconditioned stimulus.

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Conditioned Stimulus (CS)

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A previously neutral stimulus that becomes associated with the UCS and triggers a response.

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Conditioned Response (CR)

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A learned response to a previously neutral (now conditioned) stimulus.

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Extinction

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The diminishing of a conditioned response when the UCS no longer follows the CS.