Module 4

Question 1

Learning

Answer 1

Almost permanent change in an organism’s behavior due to an experience

Question 2

Three types of learning

Answer 2

Classical, Operant, and Observational

Question 3

Classical conditioning

Answer 3

An organism starts associating two stimuli

Question 4

Unconditioned stimulus (UCS)

Answer 4

a stimulus that naturally triggers a stimulus

Question 5

Unconditioned response (UCR)

Answer 5

A natural response to an unconditioned stimulus

Question 6

Conditioned stimulus (CS)

Answer 6

Originally irrelevant but when classically conditioned elicits a conditioned response (CR)

Question 7

Conditioned response (CR)

Answer 7

a learned response to a previously neutral stimulus

Question 8

Acquisition

Answer 8

The first stage in classical conditioning; when a neutral stimulus is paired with an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus triggers a conditioned response

Question 9

Extinction

Answer 9

Diminishing of a CR, when the UCS does not follow a CS

Question 10

Spontaneous recovery

Answer 10

reappearance of a previously extinct CR

Question 11

Generalization

Answer 11

The tendency for similar stimuli to a CS to trigger the same response

Question 12

Discrimination

Answer 12

The learned ability to differentiate a CS and other stimuli that do not signal a UCS

Question 13

Operant conditioning

Answer 13

A type of learning where certain behaviors are strengthened by reinforcement or diminished by punishment