Ch. 6 Learning Vocab

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

• learned helplessness

• learning

• observational learning

• modeling

Learning that remains hidden until its application becomes useful.

• learned helplessness

• learning

• observational learning

• latent learning

The tendency to fail to act to escape from a situation because of a history of repeated failures in the past.

• insight

• modeling

• learned helplessness

• observational learning

Learning a new behavior by watching someone else called a “model,” perform that behavior.

• learning

• learned helplessness

• observational learning

• insight

An involuntary response to a naturally occurring or unconditioned stimulus.

• Classical Conditioning

• Unconditioned Stimulus

• Unconditioned Response

• Conditioned Stimulus

• Conditioned Response

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

• Classical Conditioning

• unconditioned stimulus

• unconditioned response

• conditioned stimulus

• conditioned response

Learned response to a conditioned stimulus.

• Classical Conditioning

• Unconditioned Stimulus

• Unconditioned Response

• Conditioned Stimulus

• Conditioned Response

A naturally occurring stimulus that leads to an involuntary response.

• Classical Conditioning

• Unconditioned Stimulus

• Unconditioned Response

• Conditioned Stimulus

• Conditioned Response

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

• Classical Conditioning

• Unconditioned Response

• Unconditioned Response

• Conditioned Stimulus

• Conditioned Response

The reinforcement (strengthening) of a response by the addition or experience of a pleasurable stimulus.

• Operant Conditioning

• Primary Reinforcer

• Secondary Reinforcer

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement