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What is an unconditioned stimulus?

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An unconditioned stimulus is a stimulus that produces a response without any learning taking place

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What is an unconditioned response?

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An unconditioned response is an unlearned response to an unconditional stimulus

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What is a neutral stimulus?

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A stimulus that doesn’t produce the target response. It becomes the conditioned stimulus after being paired with the unconditioned stimulus.

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What is a conditioned stimulus?

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A stimulus that only produces the target response after it has been paired with the unconditioned stimulus

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What is a conditioned response?

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The response elicited by the conditioned stimulus i.e. a new association has been learned so that the neutral stimulus/ conditioned stimulus produces the unconditioned response which is now called the conditioned response.

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What is extinction?

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When the conditioned stimulus (CS) and the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) have not been paired for a while and the CS ceases to elicit the conditioned response (CR)

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What is Spontaneous recovery?

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An extinct response activates again so that the conditioned stimulus once again elicits the conditioned response

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What is stimulus generalisation?

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When an individual who has acquired a conditioned response to one stimulus begins to respond to similar stimuli in the same way.

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