UNIT 4 AP PSYCH

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What is spontaneous recovery?

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The process where a conditioned response is recovered after a period of extinction without further conditioning.

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What is operant conditioning?

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A type of learning where behavior is changed due to consequences.

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What does negative reinforcement involve?

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Removing an undesirable stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behavior.

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What is associative learning?

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Learning that involves certain events occurring together.

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What is positive reinforcement?

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Giving something pleasant to increase the likelihood of a behavior.

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What is classical conditioning?

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A learning process that involves pairing a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to elicit a conditioned response.

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What is the difference between reinforcement and punishment?

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Reinforcement increases behavior, while punishment decreases behavior.

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What is an unconditioned stimulus (US)?

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A stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without prior learning.

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What is a conditioned stimulus (CS)?

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A previously neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response.

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What is a conditioned response (CR)?

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A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become conditioned.