Learning (Unit 3, Pt 2) Vocabulary Quiz CED Aligned

Definition: a procedure in which the conditioned stimulus in one conditioning experience is paired with a new neutral stimulus, creating a second (often weaker) conditioned stimulus.

• extinction

• spontaneous recovery

• higher-order conditioning

• classical conditioning

Definition: the acquisition of mental information, whether by observing events, by watching others, or through language.

• modeling

• operant conditioning

• classical conditioning

• cognitive learning

Definition: neurons that some scientists believe fire when we perform certain actions or observe another doing so. This action may enable imitation and empathy.

• observational learning

• mirror neurons

• latent learning

• cognitive map

Definition: a pattern that defines how often a desired response will be reinforced.

• primary reinforcer

• respondent behavior

• reinforcement schedule

• punishment

Definition: an event that tends to decrease the behavior that it follows.

• extinction

• negative reinforcement

• latent learning

• punishment

Definition: reinforcing a response only part of the time; results in slower acquisition of a response but much greater resistance to extinction than does continuous reinforcement.

• variable-interval schedule

• negative reinforcement

• partial (intermittent) reinforcement schedule

• variable-interval schedule

Definition: a type of learning in which we link two or more stimuli; as a result, to illustrate with Pavlov's classic experiment, the first stimulus (a tone) comes to elicit behavior (drooling) in anticipation of the second stimulus (food).

• latent learning

• operant conditioning

• classical conditioning

• associative learning

Definition: in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified number of responses.

• fixed-ratio schedule

• discriminative stimulus

• variable-ratio schedule

• fixed-interval schedule

Definition: an operant conditioning procedure in which reinforcers guide behavior toward closer and closer approximations of the desired behavior.

• modeling

• positive reinforcement

• latent learning

• shaping

Definition: in operant conditioning, any event that strengthens the behavior it follows.

• extinction

• punishment

• reinforcement

• primary reinforcer