Chapter 19 Flashcards
1
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what is habituation
A
repeated stimulus that results in decreased responsiveness to that stimuli
2
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what is spontaneous recovery
A
if stimulus is no longer regularly applied, response will recover with time
3
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what is operant/ instrumental conditioning
A
involves conditioning responses to stimuli with use of reward
4
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what is positive reinforcement
A
providing food, light, or electrical stimulation of the animal’s brain’s pleasure centers
5
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what is negative reinforcement
A
stimulating brains pleasure centers by removing something unpleasant
6
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what is stimulus generalization
A
ability of. a conditioned organism to response to stimulus that are similar to the unconditioned stimulus
7
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what is stimulus discrimination
A
organism to respond differently to slightly different stimuli
