Learning
Classical Conditioning Terms
Classical Conditioning Concepts
Other terms
Miscellaneous
100
relatively enduring or permanent change in behavior
What is learning?
100
stimulus that triggers a physiological reflex
What is an unconditioned stimulus (UCS)?
100
conditioned response tendency to reappear after extinction
What is spontaneous recovery?
100
a feeling because of a previous experience
What is a conditioned emotional response?
100
says actions are strengthened by pleasurable consequences
What is the law of effect?
200
kind of learning involving mental processes
What is cognitive learning?
200
unlearned physiological reflex elicited by unconditioned stimulus
What is an unconditioned response (UCR)?
200
when the conditioned stimulus stops eliciting the conditioned response
What is extinction?
200
the feeling of nausea in anticipation of treatment
What is anticipatory nausea?
200
when a neural bond forms between the neutral stimulus and unconditioned stimulus eventually leading to a conditioned response
What is stimulus substitution?
300
where a neutral stimulus is able to produce a response originally produced by a different stimulus
What is classical conditioning?
300
formerly neutral stimulus that causes condtioned response
What is a conditioned stimulus (CS)?
300
when an organism makes a response only to certain stimuli
What is discrimination?
300
when one can associate conditioned and unconditioned stimuli
What is preparedness?
300
says classical conditioning occurs from contiguous stimuli
What is the contiguity theory?
400
where consequences influence likelihood of behavior's future occurrence
What is operant conditioning?
400
elicited by the conditioned stimulus
What is the conditioned response (CR)?
400
the tendency for similar stimuli to elicit similar responses
What is generalization?
400
the usefulness of certain traits increasing chances for survival
What is adaptive value?
400
says classical conditioning occurs because the organism learns what to expect
What is the cognitive perspective?
500
learning to avoid sensory cues that cause sickness
What is taste-aversion learning?
500
a form of counterconditioning that uses relaxation to overcome fear and anxiety
What is systematic desensitization?
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