Test 3- Learning cp 5 PT2. Flashcards
The process by which experience or practice results in a relatively permanent change in behavior or potential behavior.
Learning
The acquisition of specific patterns of behavior in the presence of well-defined stimuli.
Conditioning
The type of learning in which a response naturally elicited by one stimulus comes to be elicited by a different, formerly neutral stimulus.
Classical (or Pavlovian) conditioning
A stimulus that invariably causes an organism to respond in a specific way.
Unconditioned stimulus (US)
A response that takes place in an organism whenever an unconditioned stimulus occurs.
Unconditioned response (UR)
An originally neutral stimulus that is paired with an unconditioned stimulus and eventually produces the desired response in an organism when presented alone.
Conditioned stimulus (CS)
After conditioning, the response an organism produces when only a conditioned stimulus is presented.
Conditioned response (CR)