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Cards In This Set
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Learning
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A relatively permanent change in behavior or the potential to make a response that occurs as a result of experience
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Classical conditioning
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Learning that occurs when 2 stimuli- a conditioned and an unconditioned stilulus- are paired and become associated with each other
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Neutral stimulus (NS)
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Stimulus that, before conditioning, does not elicit a particular response
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Unconditioned stimulus (US)
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Stim that automatically produces a response whithout any previous training
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Conditioned stim (CS)
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Neutral stim that acquires the ability to elicit a conditioned response after being paired with an unconditioned stim
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Unconditioned response (UR)
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Reaction that is automatically produced when an unconditioned stim is presented
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Conditioned response (CR)
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Response elicited by a conditioned stim that has been paired with an unconditioned stim; is similar to the UR
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Spontaneous recovery
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Reappearance of an extinguished CR after the passage of time
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Generalization
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Occurrence of responses to stimuli that are similar to a CS
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Discrimination
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Occurrence of responses only to a specific CS
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Learned motives
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Motives accquired, usually through classical conditioning
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Learned goals (incentives)
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Goals/incentives that are learned, usually through classical conditioning
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Blocking
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Situation in which the conditionability of a CS is weakened when it is paired with a US that has previously been paired with another CS
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Operant conditioning
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Learning that occurs when the participant must make a response to produce a change in the environment
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Law of effect
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Thorndike's view that reinforcers promote learning, while punishers lead to the unlearning of responses
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