unit IV Terms

a stimulus that does not play any role in a stimulus-response relationship before conditioning

• unconditioned response

• neutral stimulus

• unconditioned stimulus

• conditioned stimulus

an event that elicits a certain predictable response without previous training

• unconditioned stimulus

• neutral stimulus

• unconditioned response

• conditioned stimulus

an organism's natural reaction to a stimulus

• unconditioned response

• neutral stimulus

• discrimination

• extinction

a learning procedure in which associations are made between a natural stimulus and a neutral

• unconditioned stimulus

• neutral stimulus

• classical conditioning

• conditioned response

a previously neutral stimulus that has been associated with a natural(or unconditioned)stimulus through conditioning

• generalization

• conditioned stimulus

• neutral stimulus

• spontaneous

the reaction to a conditioned stimulus

• unconditioned response

• neutral stimulus

• conditioned stimulus

• conditioned response

the process by which a response spreads from one specific stimulus to the other stimuli that reassemble the original

• conditioned stimulus

• generalization

• neutral stimulus

• unconditioned response

the ability to respond differently to similar but distinct stimuli

• extinction

• unconditioned response

• discrimination

• generalization

the gradual disappearance of a conditioned response

• neutral stimulus

• conditioned stimulus

• extinction

• generalization

learning in which a certain action is reinforced or punished,resulting in corresponding increases or decreases of occurrence

• operant conditioning

• secondary reinforcer

• primary reinforcer

• positive reinforcement