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How do we define learning

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rather permanent changes in an organisms behavior or thought as a result of an experience

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What is habituation

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Respond less strongly over time to repeated stimuli

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what is sensitization

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respond more strongly over time

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neutral stimulus

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doesnt elicit any particular response

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unconditioned stimulus

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elicits an automatic or reflexive response

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unconditioned response

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automatic, reflexive response

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conditioned stimulus

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previously neutral stimulus that comes to elicit conditioned response

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conditioned response

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previously associated with non-neutral stimulus is now elicited by neutral stimulus

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acquisition

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gradually learned the conditioned response

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extinction

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conditioned response decreases and eventually disappears

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spontaneous recovery

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seemingly extinct CR reappears if presented with the cs again

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stimulus generalization

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stimuli that are similar, but not identical, elicit the CR

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stimulus discrimination

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exhibit a less pronounced CR to stimuli

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higher order conditioning

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paring a new cs with the original cs to produce a cr

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reinforcement

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outcome strengthens probability of a response

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positive reinforcement

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administer a stimulus

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negative reinforcement

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take away stimulus

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punishment

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weakens the probability of a response

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positive punishment

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administer a stimulus

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negative punishment

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take away stimulus

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What does Thorndike’s “Law of Effect” claim?

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reward for a response to a stimulus more likely to repeat that response in the future

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continuous reinforcement

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reinforce behavior everytime it occurs

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partial reinforcement

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reinforce the behavior intermittently

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shaping

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reinforce behaviors that arent on target but close

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