Unit 6 Learning Vocab Mod 26 Flashcard

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Learning that certain events occur together, like stimuli in classical conditioning or responses and consequences in operant conditioning.

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Associative Learning

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In classical conditioning, the ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and non-signaling stimuli.

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Discrimination

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Reappearance of an extinguished conditioned response after a pause.

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Spontaneous Recovery

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Tendency for similar stimuli to elicit similar responses after conditioning.

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Generalization

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Procedure where a conditioned stimulus is paired with a new neutral stimulus, creating a second conditioned stimulus (e.g., light predicts tone).

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Higher-Order Conditioning

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Matching Term: Diminishing of a conditioned response; occurs when an unconditioned stimulus does not follow a conditioned stimulus in classical conditioning, or when a response is no longer reinforced in operant conditioning.

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Extinction

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Classical conditioning's initial stage linking a neutral stimulus to an unconditioned stimulus, triggering a conditioned response. In operant conditioning, the strengthening of a reinforced response.

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Acquisition

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In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally triggers a response.

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Unconditioned Stimulus (US)

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In classical conditioning, an originally irrelevant stimulus that triggers a conditioned response after association with an unconditioned stimulus.

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Conditioned Stimulus (CS)

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In classical conditioning, a learned response to a previously neutral stimulus.

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Conditioned response (CR)