Unit 3 Vocab

Definition: the process of gaining, through experience, relatively permanent information and behaviors.

• punishment

• vicarious learning

• modeling

• learning

Definition: a type of learning in which a stimulus gains the power to cause a response.

• observational learning

• continuous reinforcement

• stimulus

• classical conditioning

Definition: anything in the environment that one can respond to.

• continuous reinforcement

• stimulus

• unconditioned response (UR)

• classical conditioning

Definition: any behavior or action.

• response

• unconditioned stimulus (US)

• extinction (classical conditioning)

• variable-interval schedule

Definition: a stimulus that triggers a response reflexively and automatically.

• unconditioned stimulus

• conditioned stimulus

• stimulus

• shaping

Definition: an automatic response to the unconditioned stimulus

• conditioned response (CR)

• continuous reinforcement

• classical conditioning

• unconditioned response (UR)

Definition: a previously neutral stimulus that, through learning, gains the power to cause a response.

• cognitive map

• conditioned response (CR)

• mirror neurons

• positive reinforcement

Definition: the response to the conditioned stimulus

• cognitive map

• conditioned response (CR)

• mirror neurons

• positive reinforcement

Definition: the process of developing a learned response.

• partial reinforcement schedule

• generalization

• acquisition

• prosocial behavior

Definition: the diminishing of a learned response after presentation of the conditioned stimulus alone.

• response

• unconditioned stimulus (US)

• extinction (classical conditioning)

• extinction (operant conditioning)