Learning and Memory III

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Psychologists define learning as the process of: acquiring, through experience, new and relatively enduring information or behaviors

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acquiring, through experience, new and relatively enduring information or behaviors

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We learn to link two stimuli and anticipate events through

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classical conditioning

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At a doctor appointment, 5 year old Tristann learned fear at the sight of a hypodermic needle. The sight of the needle is a(n)

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conditioned response.

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In classical conditioning, the conditioned stimulus signals the occurrence of

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an unconditioned stimulus.

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Extinction occurs when an unconditioned stimulus (US) no longer follows a conditioned stimulus.

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conditioned stimulus.

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In classical conditioning, generalization refers to the tendency for the conditioned response to be evoked by stimuli that are similar to the

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conditioned stimulus.

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Your heart may race when you are confronted by a lion but not when you are approached by a kitten. This best illustrates the adaptive value of

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discrimination.

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An event that strengthens the behavior it follows is a(n)

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reinforcement.

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Shaping is a procedure in which reinforcers are used to guide actions closer and closer to a desired behavior.

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used to guide actions closer and closer to a desired behavior

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Any stimulus that, when presented after a response, strengthens the response is called a(n)

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positive reinforcer.