Psych 2 Learning Vocab

a learning procedure in which associations are made between a natural stimulus and a neutral stimulus

• Classical conditioning

• Operant conditioning

• Social learning

• Modeling

learning in which a certain action is reinforced or punished, resulting in corresponding increases or decreases in occurrence

• Classical conditioning

• Operant conditioning

• Social learning

• Modeling

the process of altering behavior by observing and imitating the behavior of others

• Classical conditioning

• Operant conditioning

• Social learning

• Modeling

learning by imitating others; copying behavior

• Classical conditioning

• Operant conditioning

• Social learning

• Modeling

a stimulus that does not initially elicit any part of the unconditioned response

• Neutral stimulus

• Unconditioned stimulus (UCS)

• Unconditioned response (UCR)

an event that elicits a certain predictable response typically without previous training 

• Neutral stimulus

• Unconditioned stimulus (UCS)

• Unconditioned response (UCR)

an organism’s automatic (or natural) reaction to a stimulus

• Neutral stimulus

• Unconditioned stimulus (UCS)

• Unconditioned response (UCR)

a once-neutral event that elicits a given response after a period of training in which it has been paired with an unconditioned stimulus

• Conditioned stimulus (CS)

• Conditioned response (CR)

• Reinforcement

• Negative reinforcement

the learned reaction to a conditioned stimulus

• Conditioned stimulus (CS)

• Conditioned response (CR)

• Reinforcement

• Negative reinforcement

stimulus or event that follows a response and increases the likelihood that the response will be repeated

• Conditioned stimulus (CS)

• Conditioned response (CR)

• Reinforcement

• Negative reinforcement