Learning and Cognitive Processes

A learning procedure in which associations are made between a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus

• classical conditioning

• neutral stimulus

• generalization

• discrimination

A stimulus that does not initially elicit any part of an unconditioned response

• classical conditioning

• neutral stimulus

• discrimination

• generalization

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

• conditioned response

• unconditioned response

• conditioned stimulus

• unconditioned stimulus

An organism's automatic reaction to a stimulus

• conditioned response

• unconditioned response

• conditioned stimulus

• unconditioned stimulus

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 response

• unconditioned response

• conditioned stimulus

• unconditioned stimulus

The learned reaction to a conditioned stimulus

• conditioned response

• unconditioned response

• conditioned stimulus

• unconditioned stimulus

Conditioning in which desirable behavior is reinforced with valueless objects, which can be accumulated and exchanged for valued rewards

• modelling

• token economy

• latent learning

• behavior modification

Responding similarly to a range of similar stimuli

• extinction

• discrimination

• neutral stimulus

• generalization

The ability to respond differently to similar but distinct stimuli

• extinction

• discrimination

• neutral stimulus

• generalization

The gradual disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus

• extinction

• discrimination

• generalization

• neutral stimulus