Ch. 6 Conditioning and Learning Flashcards
Relatively Permanent change in knowledge and or behavior resulting from experience.
Learning
learning from forming simple associations between stimuli and responses. little to no awarenesss
Associative learning
A form of learning in which reflex responses are associated with new stimuli.
Classical conditioning
A stimulus that elicits a response without any prior experience.
Unconditioned stimulus
A response to a stimulus that requires no prior experience.
Unconditioned response
A stimulus that does not evoke the unconditioned response
Neutral stimulus
A stimulus that evokes a response because it has been repeatedly paired with an unconditioned stimulus
Conditioned stimulus
A learned response elicited by a conditioned stimulus
Conditioned response
weakening of a learned response by repeatedly presenting the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus.
extinction
The return of a learned response after its apparent extinction
Spontaneous recovery
tendency to respond to stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus
stimulus generalization
the learned ability to respond differently to a variety of similar stimuli.
stimulus discrimination
Learning based on the positive and negative consequences of responding
operant conditioning
Responses that lead to desirable effects will be repeated, and those that don’t will not be repeated.
Thorndike’s Law of Effect
An apparatus designed to study operant conditioning in animals.
Operant conditioning chamber, Skinner’s box
