Conditioning 6.1

Question 0

Classical conditioning

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Learning that occurs when neutral stimulus elicits a response that was originally cost by another stimulus.

Question 1

Learning

Answer 1

The process by which behavior or knowledge changes as a result of experience.

Question 2

Unconditioned stimulus

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Stimulus that elicits a reflexive response without learning.

Question 3

Unconditioned response

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Reflexive unlearned reaction to an unconditioned stimulus.

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Conditioned stimulus

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Once neutral stimulus that elicits a conditioned response because of its history of being paired with an unconditioned stimulus.

Question 5

Conditioned response

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Learned response that occurs to the conditioned stimulus.

Question 6

Acquisition

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The initial phase of learning in which response is established.

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Extinction

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Loss or weakening of a conditioned response when a conditioned stimulus and unconditioned stimulus no longer occur.

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Spontaneous recovery

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The recurrence of previously extinguished conditioned response typically after some time has passed since extinction.

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Generalization

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A response that originally occurs to a specific stimulus also occurs to different though similar stimuli.

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Discrimination

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Organism learns to respond to one original stimulus but not to new stimuli that is similar to the original stimulus.

Question 11

Conditioned emotional responses

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Consist of emotional and psychological responses that develop to a specific object or situation.

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Preparedness

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Biological predisposition to rapidly learn a response to a particular class of stimuli.

Question 13

Conditional taste aversion

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Acquired dislike or disgust of a food or drink because it was paired with illness.