Learning Mid-Year Review

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What is an Unconditioned Stimulus?

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

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What is Positive Punishment?

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A type of operant conditioning where an undesirable behavior is followed by an aversive consequence, reducing the likelihood of that behavior occurring again.

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What is Operant Conditioning?

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A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

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What is Vicarious Reinforcement?

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Learning that occurs by observing the reinforcement or punishment of another person’s behavior.

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What is Positive Reinforcement?

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A type of operant conditioning that involves adding a rewarding stimulus after a desired behavior, increasing the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.

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What is a Conditioned Stimulus?

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A previously neutral stimulus that, after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus, begins to elicit a conditioned response.

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What is a Neutral Stimulus?

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A stimulus that initially does not elicit any intrinsic response until it is associated with an unconditioned stimulus.

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What is Negative Reinforcement?

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A type of operant conditioning that involves the removal of an aversive stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behavior being repeated.

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What is Classical Conditioning?

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A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired, leading to a learned response to the previously neutral stimulus.

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What is Higher-Order Conditioning?

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A form of conditioning where a conditioned stimulus is paired with a new neutral stimulus, creating a second conditioned stimulus.