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classical conditioning
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operant conditioning
wildcard
100
event that precedes a response
What is an antacedent?
100
form of learning in which two stimuli are paired together
What is classical conditioning?
100
when a conditioned response stops occurring
What is extinction?
100
behaviors followed by positive consequences are more likely and behaviors followed negative consequences are less likely
What is the law of effect?
100
can be avoided to do the right thing
What is negative reinforcement?
200
event that follows a response
What is a consequence?
200
anything that produces a response of reaction
What is a stimulus?
200
tendencey for a stimulus similar to the conditioned stimulus to evoke similar responses
What is generalization?
200
any event that strengthens a response it follows
What is reinforcement?
200
reinforcement of response after a specified number of responses
What is a fixed ratio?
300
lasting changes that occur as a result of practice or past experience
What is learning
300
natural stimulus that triggers an unlearned response
What is an unconditioned stimulus?
300
a reappearance of a conditioned response after a rest period
What is spontaneous recovery?
300
rewarding behaviors which increasingly resemble the desired behaviors
What is successive approximations
300
learning through the reinforcement of others
What is vicarious reinforcement?
400
the intial stage of learning
What is acquisition?
400
learned response to a previously neutral stimulus
What is a conditioned response?
400
learned avoidance of a food
What is taste aversion?
400
innately reinforcing stimulus
What is a primary reinforcer
400
reinforcement over a long period of time
What is shaping?
500
automatic behavior that does not require learning
What is a reflex?
500
conditioned stimulus before learning has occurred
What is the neutral stimulus?
500
the ability to distinguish between the conditioned stimulus and other similar stimuli
What is discrimination?
500
reinforcing a desired response each time it occurs
What is continuous reinforcement?
500
learning style where people are good at reading and writing
What is linguistic?
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