Psych Chap 6 Vocab

process where the observer sees the model punished, making the observer less likely to imitate the model’s behavior

• variable ratio reinforcement schedule

• vicarious punishment

• vicarious reinforcement

• variable interval reinforcement schedule

process where the observer sees the model rewarded, making the observer more likely to imitate the model’s behavior

• vicarious reinforcement

• vicarious punishment

• variable ratio reinforcement schedule

• variable interval reinforcement schedule

return of a previously extinguished conditioned response

• spontaneous recovery

• unconditioned response (UCR)

• unconditioned stimulus (UCS)

• stimulus that does not initially elicit a response

behavior is rewarded after unpredictable amounts of time have passed

• vicarious punishment

• vicarious reinforcement

• variable interval reinforcement schedule

• variable ratio reinforcement schedule

stimulus that elicits a reflexive response

• unconditioned stimulus (UCS)

• unconditioned response (UCR)

• variable interval reinforcement schedule

• variable ratio reinforcement schedule

natural (unlearned) behavior to a given stimulus

• unconditioned stimulus (UCS)

• variable interval reinforcement schedule

• unconditioned response (UCR)

• variable ratio reinforcement schedule

period of initial learning in classical conditioning in which a human or an animal begins to connect a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus will begin to elicit the conditioned response

• conditioned response (CR)

• acquisition

• conditioned stimulus (CS)

• associative learning

staunch form of behaviorism developed by B. F. Skinner that suggested that even complex higher mental functions like human language are nothing more than stimulus-outcome associations

• law of effect

• operant conditioning

• radical behaviorism

• neutral stimulus (NS)

number of responses differ before a behavior is rewarded

• variable interval reinforcement schedule

• vicarious reinforcement

• vicarious punishment

• variable ratio reinforcement schedule

has no inherent value unto itself and only has reinforcing qualities when linked with something else (e.g., money, gold stars, poker chips)

• stimulus generalization

• stimulus discrimination

• spontaneous recovery

• secondary reinforcer