Psychology Vocabulary Definitions

Fill in the blank: A lasting change in behavior or knowledge due to experience is called _________.

• Learning

• Forgetting

• Motivation

• Sensation

Fill in the blank: Learning that two events or stimuli go together (e.g., sound and food) is called _____________.

• Associative Learning

• Operant Conditioning

• Habituation

• Sensory Adaptation

Fill in the blank: Anything that causes a response (e.g., a sound, light, or smell) is called a ___________.

• Stimulus

• Receptor

• Neuron

• Impulse

Fill in the blank: Learning through thinking, watching, or understanding—not just doing—is called _____________.

• Cognitive Learning

• Operant Conditioning

• Classical Conditioning

• Physical Learning

Fill in the blank: Learning by associating two stimuli so one predicts the other is called _____________.

• Classical Conditioning

• Operant Conditioning

• Observational Learning

• Habituation

Fill in the blank: A stimulus that doesn’t cause a response until it’s paired with something meaningful is called a _____________.

• Neutral Stimulus

• Conditioned Response

• Unconditioned Stimulus

• Operant Behavior

Fill in the blank: A natural reaction to a stimulus (e.g., salivating to food) is called an _____________.

• Unconditioned Response

• Conditioned Stimulus

• Neutral Stimulus

• Operant Response

Fill in the blank: Something that naturally causes a response (e.g., food causes salivation) is called an _____________.

• Unconditioned Stimulus

• Conditioned Response

• Neutral Stimulus

• Conditioned Stimulus

Fill in the blank: A learned reaction to a previously neutral stimulus is called a _____________.

• Conditioned Response

• Unconditioned Stimulus

• Reflex Action

• Operant Behavior

Fill in the blank: A stimulus that now causes a response because it was paired with something meaningful is called a _____________.

• Conditioned Stimulus

• Neutral Stimulus

• Unconditioned Response

• Operant Reinforcer