Module 21 Flashcards

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In classical conditioning, the unlearned, naturally occurring response to the unconditioned stimulus (US),such as salivation when food is in the mouth.

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Unconditioned response (UR)

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A relatively permanent change in an organisms behavior due to experience.

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Learning

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In classical conditioning, a stimulus that unconditionally – naturally and automatically – triggers a response.

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Unconditioned stimulus (US)

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In classical conditioning, the learned response to previously neutral (but now conditioned ) stimulus CS.

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Conditioned response (CR)

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In classical conditioning, an originally irrelevant stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus (US), comes to trigger a conditioned response.

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Conditioned stimulus (CS)

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The initial stage in classical conditioning; the phase associating a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus comes to elicit a conditioned response.

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Acquisition

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The diminishing of a conditioned response; occurs in classical conditioning when an unconditioned stimulus (US) does not follow a conditioned stimulus (CS).

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Extinction

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The reappearance, after a pause, Of an extinguished conditioned response.

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Spontaneous recovery

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The tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses.

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Generalization

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In classical conditioning, the learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus.

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Discrimination

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Learning that certain events (2 stimuli, in classical conditioning) occur together.

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Associative learning

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A type of learning in which an organism comes to associate stimuli. A neutral stimulus that signals an unconditioned stimulus (US) begins to produce a response that anticipates and prepares for the unconditioned stimulus. Also called pavlovian or respondent conditioning.

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Classical conditioning

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The view that psychology (1)should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most research psychologist today agree with (1)but not with (2)

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Behaviorism

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