Test 3- Learning cp 5 Flashcards
_________ reinforces successive approximations of the response you want to condition.
shaping
________is the process in operant conditioning in which the rate of a reinforced response increases.
Acquisition
_______refers to the decrease in the rate of a response as reinforcers are withheld.
Extinction
The return of an extinguished response following a rest interval is called?
Spontaneous recovery
___________is the process in which responses conditioned in the presence of a specific stimulus appear in the presence of other, similar, stimuli.
Spontaneous Generalization
_______training occurs when responses made to appropriate stimuli are reinforced, and responses to inappropriate stimuli are ignored or extinguished.
Stimulus Discrimination
___________is a stimulus (usually biologically or physiologically based) that increases the rate of a response with no previous experience or learning required. (food, water, sex)
Primary Reinforcer
_______may be referred to as conditioned, acquired, or learned; it increases the rate of a response because of an association with other reinforcers.
Secondary Reinforcer
The acquisition of specific patterns of behaviour in the presence of well-defined stimuli. ________
Stimulus Control
A conditioning technique designed to gradually reduce anxiety about a particular object or situation. ____________________
Systematic desensitization
Failure to take steps to avoid or escape from an unpleasant or aversive stimulus that occurs as a result of previous exposure to unavoidable painful stimuli. ______________
Learned helplessness
- Dynamic set of relationship between animals and humans. _________
Ethology
