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Unconditioned stimulus

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Something that reliably produces a naturally occurring reaction in an organism

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Unconditioned response

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Reflexive reaction that is relatively produced by an unconditioned response

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Conditioned stimulus

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Stimulus that is initially neutral and produces a reliable response

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Conditioned response

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Reaction that resembles an unconditioned response but is produced by a conditioned stimulus

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The mint is…

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Unconditioned stimulus

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Putting hand out

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Unconditioned response

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The tone of the computer

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Unconditioned stimulus

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Salivating…

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Conditioned response

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Acquisition

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Phase of classical conditioning when the CS and the US are presented together

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Extinction

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Gradual elimination of a learned response that occurs when the US is no longer presented

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Second-order conditioning

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Conditioning where the CS is paired with a stimulus that became associated with the US in an earlier procedure

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Spontaneous recovery

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Tendency of a learned behavior to recover from extinction after a test period

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Generalization

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Process by which the CR is observed even though the CS is slightly different from the original one used during acquisition

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Discrimination

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Capacity to distinguish between similar but distinct stimulus

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Amygdala participation

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Only in fear related responders

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Adaptive behaviors

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Taste aversions is an example (threw up once when eating something)

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Operant behavior

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Behavior that an organism produces that has some impact on the environment

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Reinforcer

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Any stimulus or event that functions to increase the likelihood of the behavior that led to it; more effective than punishment in promoting learning

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Punisher

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Stimulus that decreases behavior

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